Changes in glacier equilibrium-line altitude in the western Alps from 1984 to 2010: Evaluation by remote sensing and modeling of the morpho-topographic and climate controls

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1455-1471

  Rabatel, A ^a   Letreguilly A ^a   Dedieu, J P ^a   Eckert, N ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE EFFECT; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 84885129494     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1455-2013     Document Type: Article

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