A physically based model of the year-round surface energy and mass balance of debris-covered glaciers

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 214, 2013, Pages 327-344

  Lejeune, Yves ^a   Bertrand, Jean Maxime ^a,b   Wagnon, Patrick ^b   Morin, Samuel ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; MODELING; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SURFACE ENERGY;

FRANCE; NEPAL;

CROCUS;

EID: 84881124844     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J149     Document Type: Article

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