Including debris cover effects in a distributed model of glacier ablation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Reid, T D ^a   Carenzo, M ^b   Pellicciotti, F ^b   Brock, B W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ICE; METEOROLOGY; PIXELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SNOW; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ENERGY BALANCE;

ABLATION RATES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISTRIBUTED MODELS; ENERGY BALANCE CALCULATIONS; HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PHYSICALLY BASED; SWITZERLAND; THICKNESS VALUE; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; TEMPERATURE EXTRAPOLATIONS;

DEBRIS;

ABLATION; DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; PIXEL; PROBABILITY; GLACIER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MELTING; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT;

HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 84867024987     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017795     Document Type: Article

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