Sensitivity and response of Bhutanese glaciers to atmospheric warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Rupper, Summer ^a   Schaefer, Joerg M ^b   Burgener, Landon K ^a   Koenig, Lora S ^c   Tsering, Karma ^d   Cook, Edward R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Ministry of Education   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROPS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; CLIMATE DATA; CRITICAL PROBLEMS; DATA SETS; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; GLACIER RETREAT; HIMALAYAS; MEAN VALUES; MELTWATER FLUXES; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; REGIONAL WARMING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLACIER; GLOBAL WARMING; MELTWATER; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84867555046     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053010     Document Type: Article

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