Evaluation of an ice ablation model to estimate the contribution of melting glacier ice to annual discharge in the Nepal Himalaya

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5117-5133

  Racoviteanu, Adina E ^a,b   Armstrong, Richard ^a   Williams, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

ablation model; glacier; Himalaya; hydrology; isotopes; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DEBRIS; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; RADAR REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACKING RADAR; WATERSHEDS;

ABLATION MODEL; ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; DEBRIS COVERED GLACIERS; HIMALAYAS; HYDROLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES;

ICE;

ABLATION; ASTER; DEBRIS FLOW; DISCHARGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYPSOMETRY; IKONOS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER FLOW; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SNOWMELT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84883276882     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20370     Document Type: Article

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