Thermal regime of a supraglacial lake on the debris-covered Koxkar Glacier, southwest Tianshan, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-183

  Xin, Wang ^a,b   Shiyin, Liu ^b   Haidong, Han ^b   Jian, Wang ^b   Qiao, Liu ^c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Koxkar Glacier; Southwest Tianshan; Supraglacial lake; Temperature characteristics; Thermal regime

Indexed keywords

DAILY TEMPERATURES; DEEP WATER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAKE WATER TEMPERATURE; LAPSE RATE; LOW TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTIC; TEMPERATURE CURVES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL REGIMES; TIANSHAN; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ABLATION; DEBRIS; OPEN HEARTH FURNACES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LAKES;

ABLATION; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MELTWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84865783992     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1490-1     Document Type: Article

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