Preliminary results of mass-balance observations of Yala Glacier and analysis of temperature and precipitation gradients in Langtang Valley, Nepal

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 66, 2014, Pages 9-14

  Baral, Prashant ^a   Kayastha, Rijan B ^a   Immerzeel, Walter W ^b   Pradhananga, Niraj S ^a   Bhattarai, Bikas C ^a   Shahi, Sonika ^a   Galos, Stephan ^c   Springer, Claudia ^d   Joshi, Sharad P ^e   Mool, Pradeep K ^e  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^e International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Climate change; Glacier mass balance; Glaciological instruments and methods; Mountain glaciers

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MONITORING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER AVAILABILITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLACIOLOGY; MASS BALANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BAGMATI; HIMALAYAS; LANGTANG VALLEY; NEPAL; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND; YALA; LANGTANG RIVER;

EID: 84903132383     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014AoG66A106     Document Type: Article

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