Extrapolating glacier mass balance to the mountain-range scale: The European Alps 1900-2100

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 713-727

  Huss, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b EGU Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; FRANCE; ITALY;

EID: 84864628494     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-713-2012     Document Type: Article

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