Response of glacier area variation to climate change in Chinese Tianshan Mountains in the past 50 years

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-46

  Wang, Shengjie ^a   Zhang, Mingjun ^a,b   Li, Zhongqin ^a,b   Wang, Feiteng ^b   Li, Huilin ^b   Li, Yaju ^a   Huang, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacier area; Glacier variation; Tianshan Mountains

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84861180672     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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