Distribution of debris thickness and its effect on ice melt at Hailuogou glacier, southeastern Tibetan Plateau, using in situ surveys and ASTER imagery

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 206, 2011, Pages 1147-1157

  Zhang, Yong ^a,b   Fujita, Koji ^b   Liu, Shiyin ^a   Liu, Qiao ^c   Nuimura, Takayuki ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ASTER; DEBRIS FLOW; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER; GLACIER DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 84862908509     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311798843331     Document Type: Article

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