Examination of a physically based, high-resolution, distributed Arctic temperature-index melt model, on Midtre Lovénbreen, Svalbard

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-149

  Irvine Fynn, T D L ^a   Hanna, E ^b   Barrand, N E ^c   Porter, P R ^d   Kohler, J ^e   Hodson, A J ^b,f  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glacier ablation; High Arctic; Lidar data; Parameter transferability; Temperature index melt modelling

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED PARAMETERS; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; HIGH-ARCTIC; LIDAR DATA; PARAMETER TRANSFERABILITY; SURFACE ELEVATION MODELS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES;

CATCHMENTS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF;

ABLATION;

ABLATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MELTWATER; RUNOFF;

ARCTIC; MIDRE LOVENBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84890308572     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9526     Document Type: Article

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