Deriving mass balance and calving variations from reanalysis data and sparse observations, Glaciar San Rafael, northern Patagonia, 1950-2005

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 791-808

  Koppes, M ^a   Conway, H ^b   Rasmussen, L A ^b   Chernos, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; CRYOSPHERE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICEBERG CALVING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SLIDING; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TIDEWATER GLACIER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WARMING;

AISEN; CHILE; PATAGONIA; SAN RAFAEL GLACIER;

EID: 80053430727     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-791-2011     Document Type: Article

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