The role of atmospheric dynamics and climate change on the possible fate of glaciers in the Karakoram

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8308-8327

  Janes, Tamara J ^a   Bush, Andrew B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Glaciers; Mesoscale models; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CASPIAN SEA; CLIMATE SYSTEM; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIMALAYAS; MASS BALANCE; MESOSCALE MODEL; MOUNTAIN RANGES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIME FRAME; TIME-PERIODS; WESTERLY WINDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; GLACIERS; SNOW;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

KARAKORAM;

EID: 84871817283     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00436.1     Document Type: Article

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