Meteorological controls on glacier mass balance in High Asia

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 63, 2013, Pages 352-359

  Rasmussen, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; DATABASE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA;

EID: 84881656571     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A353     Document Type: Article

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