Modeling glacier behavior under different precipitation seasonalities

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 143-152

  Yamaguchi, Satoru ^a   Fujita, Koji ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW MODELING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONALITY; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 84878162603     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-45.1.143     Document Type: Article

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