A modified monthly degree-day model for evaluating glacier runoff changes in China. Part I: Model development

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1686-1696

  Zhang, Shiqiang ^a   Ye, Baisheng ^a   Liu, Shiyin ^a   Zhang, Xiaowen ^b   Hagemann, Stefan ^c  

^a Engineering Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area volume scaling factor; Change; Glacier runoff; Monthly degree day model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AREA-CHANGES; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CHANGE; CLIMATE WARMING; DEGREE-DAY MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDES; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; GLACIER RUNOFF; GLACIERIZED BASINS; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; ICE-CAPS; LAPSE RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MASS BALANCE; MELT WATER; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; OBSERVATION DATA; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SCALING FACTORS; SUBBASINS; WATER BALANCE; WESTERN CHINA;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; SNOW;

RUNOFF;

EUSTACY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE CAP; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MELTWATER; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84861226802     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8286     Document Type: Article

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