The surface energy budget in the accumulation zone of the laohugou glacier No. 12 in the western Qilian mountains, China, in summer 2009

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 296-305

  Sun, Weijun ^a   Qin, Xiang ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a   Yang, Xingguo ^b   Zhang, Tong ^a   Liu, Yushuo ^a   Cui, Xiaoqing ^a   Du, Wentao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ARID REGION; BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGY; TURBULENCE; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA; LAOHUGOU GLACIER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84870660207     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.3.296     Document Type: Article

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