Glaciers in the Earth's Hydrological Cycle: Assessments of Glacier Mass and Runoff Changes on Global and Regional Scales

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 813-837

  Radić, Valentina ^a   Hock, Regine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glacier projections; Glacier runoff; Glaciers; Mass balance; Mass balance observations; Modeling; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; MODELS; SEA LEVEL; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE REGIME; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIER RUNOFF; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MASS BALANCE; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; REGIONAL SCALE; SEA LEVEL RISE;

RUNOFF;

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MELTWATER; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 84897426215     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-013-9262-y     Document Type: Review

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