Comparison of modeled and geodetically-derived glacier mass balance for Tiedemann and Klinaklini glaciers, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 82-83, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-85

  Tennant, Christina ^a,b   Menounos, Brian ^a,b   Ainslie, Bruce ^a,b   Shea, Joseph ^a,b,c   Jackson, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacier change; Mass balance; Positive degree day model; Southern Coast Mountains

Indexed keywords

ABLATION AREA; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER CHANGE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE LOSS; LAPSE RATE; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MESOSCALE; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; SOUTHERN COAST MOUNTAINS; TEST MODELS; TOPOGRAPHIC COMPLEXITY; TOTAL MASS; VOLUME CHANGE; VOLUME LOSS; WATER EQUIVALENT;

ABLATION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DEBRIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER SUPPLY;

LANDFORMS;

ABLATION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ASTER; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DOWNSCALING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84855162656     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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