Catchment-scale reconstruction of glacier mass balance using observations and global climate data: Case study of the Hailuogou catchment, south-eastern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 444-445, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-160

  Zhang, Yong ^a,b   Hirabayashi, Yukiko ^a   Liu, Shiyin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Catchment scale; Debris cover; Glacier; Mass balance; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BALANCE MODEL; CATCHMENT SCALE; DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIER; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATES; MASS BALANCE; MASS LOSS; MELT RATE; PHYSICALLY BASED; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TOTAL MASS; WATER EQUIVALENT;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; GLACIERS;

RUNOFF;

ABLATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; RUNOFF;

CHINA; HAILUOGOU GLACIER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 84861224400     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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