Recent Changes in Glacial Area and Volume on Tuanjiefeng Peak Region of Qilian Mountains, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Junli ^a   Liu, Shiyin ^a   Zhang, Shiqiang ^a,b   Guo, Wanqin ^a   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GLACIATION; GLACIER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTITUDE; CHINA; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; ICE COVER; RIVERS;

EID: 84883163000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070574     Document Type: Article

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