Modeling energy and mass balance of shallap glacier, Peru

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1787-1802

  Gurgiser, W ^a   Marzeion, B ^a   Nicholson, L ^a   Ortner, M ^a   Kaser, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

PERU;

EID: 84890298050     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1787-2013     Document Type: Article

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