Modeling past and future surface mass balance of the Northern Patagonia Icefield

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 571-588

  Schaefer, M ^a,e   Machguth, H ^b,c   Falvey, M ^d   Casassa, G ^a,f,g  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f Geoestudios Las Vertientes   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

Author keywords

glacier; mass balance; Patagonia; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACCUMULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MASS BALANCE; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AISEN; CHILE; NORTHERN PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD;

EID: 84880757963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20038     Document Type: Article

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