Energy and mass balance of forni glacier (Stelvio National Park, Italian Alps) from a four-year meteorological data record

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-134

  Senese, Antonella ^a   Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^a   Mihalcea, Claudia ^a   Smiraglia, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SNOW COVER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

BOLZANO; FORNI VALLEY; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SONDRIO; STELVIO NATIONAL PARK; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; VALTELLINA;

EID: 84859072909     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.1.122     Document Type: Article

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