Comparing three different methods to model scenarios of future glacier change in the Swiss Alps

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 63, 2013, Pages 241-253

  Linsbauer, Andreas ^a   Paul, Frank ^a   Machguth, Horst ^a,b   Haeberli, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84879036108     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A400     Document Type: Article

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