The influence of changes in glacier extent and surface elevation on modeled mass balance

Cryosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-581

  Paul, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; GLACIER; MASS BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78650078700     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-4-569-2010     Document Type: Article

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