Glacier contribution to streamflow in two headwaters of the Huasco River, Dry Andes of Chile

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1099-1113

  Gascoin, S ^a,c   Kinnard, C ^a   Ponce, R ^a   Lhermitte, S ^a,d   MacDonell, S ^a   Rabatel, A ^b  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c CESBIO   (France)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HEADWATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

ANDES; ATACAMA; CHILE; HUASCO RIVER;

ESPERANZA; LAMA GUANICOE;

EID: 84858637546     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-1099-2011     Document Type: Article

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