The mass and energy balance of ice within the Eisriesenwelt cave, Austria

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-257

  Obleitner, F ^a   Spotl C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE SYSTEM; CRYOSPHERE; DATA SET; ENERGY BALANCE; HOST ROCK; HUMIDITY; ICE COVER; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEEPAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBLIMATION; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRIA; EISRIESENWELT; SALZBURG [AUSTRIA];

EID: 79953071107     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-245-2011     Document Type: Article

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