Global response of glacier runoff to twenty-first century climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 717-730

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ICE CAP; MELTWATER; RUNOFF; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84904662198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002931     Document Type: Article

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