Climate change implications for the glaciers of the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Himalayan region

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 941-958

  Wiltshire, A J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYOSPHERE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWMELT;

BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NEPAL;

EID: 84901344494     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-941-2014     Document Type: Article

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