Self-regulated fluctuations in the ablation of a snow patch over four decades

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Fujita, Koji ^a   Hiyama, Kuniharu ^a,b   Iida, Hajime ^c   Ageta, Yutaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagoya City Hall ^*  (Japan)

^c Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION DEPTH; SCALE EFFECTS; SHADING EFFECT; SHADOWING EFFECTS; SNOW ABLATION; TEMPERATURE INDEX; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; WIND SPEED;

GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; MELTING; SNOW; SUN; WIND EFFECTS;

ABLATION;

ABLATION; GLACIER; MELTING; SELF ASSESSMENT; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND VELOCITY;

ALPS; JAPAN;

EID: 78649504378     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008383     Document Type: Article

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