Albedo variations and the impact of clouds on glaciers in the Chilean semi-arid Andes

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 219, 2014, Pages 183-191

  Abermann, Jakob ^a,b   Kinnard, Christophe ^a,c   MacDonell, Shelley ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^b ASIAQ   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Glacier mass balance; Glacier meteorology; Ice atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD; CLOUD COVER; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SEMIARID REGION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

ANDES; CHILE;

LAMA GUANICOE;

EID: 84897128282     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG13J094     Document Type: Article

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