Suitability of a constant air temperature lapse rate over an Alpine glacier: Testing the Greuell and Böhm model as an alternative

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 63, 2013, Pages 120-130

  Petersen, Lene ^a   Pellicciotti, Francesca ^a   Juszak, Inge ^a   Carenzo, Marco ^a   Brock, Ben ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW FIELD; KATABATIC FLOW; MELTING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VALLEY GLACIER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 84878125373     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A477     Document Type: Article

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