Recent shrinkage and hydrological response of Hailuogou glacier, a monsoon temperate glacier on the east slope of Mount Gongga, China

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 196, 2010, Pages 215-224

  Liu, Qiao ^a,b   Liu, Shiyin ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a,c   Wang, Xin ^a   Zhang, Yingsong ^a   Guo, Wanqin ^a   Xu, Junli ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONSOON; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA; GONGGA MOUNTAIN; SICHUAN;

EID: 77956953352     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310791968520     Document Type: Article

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