A preliminary assessment of glacier melt-model parameter sensitivity and transferability in a dry subarctic environment

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1011-1028

  MacDougall, A H ^a,b   Wheler, B A ^a,c   Flowers, G E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Wek èezhìi Land and Water Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE CAP; INDEX METHOD; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS;

EID: 81355139329     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-1011-2011     Document Type: Article

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