Area and volume loss of the glaciers in the Ortles-Cevedale group (Eastern Italian Alps): Controls and imbalance of the remaining glaciers

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1339-1359

  Carturan, L ^a   Filippi, R ^b,c,d   Seppi, R ^e   Gabrielli, P ^c,f   Notarnicola, C ^b   Bertoldi, L ^g   Paul, F ^h   Rastner, P ^h   Cazorzi, F ⁱ   Dinale, R ^j   Dalla Fontana, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Museo Delle Scienze   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Chartagena Aerial Analysis   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^j Ufficio Idrografico   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ELEVATION; GLACIER RETREAT; HYPSOMETRY; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY; ORTLES;

EID: 84887451895     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1339-2013     Document Type: Article

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