Contrasting patterns of early twenty-first-century glacier mass change in the Himalayas

Nature

Volumn 488, Issue 7412, 2012, Pages 495-498

  Kääb, Andreas ^a   Berthier, Etienne ^b   Nuth, Christopher ^a   Gardelle, Julie ^c   Arnaud, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GRAVIMETRY; INSULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; GLACIER; GRAVIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SEA LEVEL RISE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ALTITUDE; ASIA, WESTERN; BHUTAN; GROUNDWATER; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; ICE COVER; NEPAL; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KARAKORAM;

EID: 84865208959     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11324     Document Type: Article

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