Modelling the retreat of Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland, in a changing climate

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 206, 2011, Pages 1033-1045

  Jouvet, Guillaume ^a,b   Huss, Matthias ^c   Funk, Martin ^d   Blatter, Heinz ^e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALETSCH GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 84855589236     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311798843359     Document Type: Article

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