Backwasting rate on debris-covered Koxkar glacier, Tuomuer mountain, China

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 196, 2010, Pages 287-296

  Han, Haidong ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Wei, Junfeng ^a   Liu, Shiyin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HEAT SOURCE; ICE COVER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MELTWATER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

CHINA;

EID: 77956989774     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310791968430     Document Type: Article

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