A glacier inventory for the western Nyainqentanglha range and the Nam Co Basin, Tibet, and glacier changes 1976-2009

Cryosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-433

  Bolch, T ^a,e   Yao, T ^b   Kang, S ^b   Buchroithner, M F ^a   Scherer, D ^c   Maussion, F ^c   Huintjes, E ^d   Schneider, C ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; GIS; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE COVER; INVENTORY; LANDSAT; MOUNTAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRANSITION ZONE; WIND DIRECTION;

CHINA; NAM CO; NYAINQENTANGLHA MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 77957734360     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-4-419-2010     Document Type: Article

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