Spatial and temporal variability of air temperature on a melting glacier: Atmospheric controls, extrapolation methods and their effect on melt modeling, Juncal Norte Glacier, Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Petersen, L ^a   Pellicciotti, F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; INTERPOLATION; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONTROLS; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; CENTRAL CHILE; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; EXTRAPOLATION METHODS; EXTRAPOLATION TECHNIQUES; INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTING; KATABATIC WINDS; KRIGING; LAPSE RATE; MELTING GLACIERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL INTERPOLATION; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL REGIMES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ABLATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER STATION;

CHILE; JUNCAL NORTE GLACIER; VALPARAISO [CHILE];

EID: 83655164826     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015842     Document Type: Article

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