A reconstruction of annual mass balances of Austria's glaciers from 1969 to 1998

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 59, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Abermann, J ^a,b   Kuhn, M ^a,b   Fischer, A ^b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ELEVATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

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EID: 84856428432     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411799096259     Document Type: Article

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