Modelling and climatic interpretation of the length fluctuations of Glaciar Frías (north Patagonian Andes, Argentina) 1639-2009 AD

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1385-1402

  Leclercq, P W ^a   Pitte, P ^b   Giesen, R H ^a   Masiokas, M H ^b   Oerlemans, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; FRIAS GLACIER; PATAGONIA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84865755981     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1385-2012     Document Type: Article

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