Modelling runoff from a Himalayan debris-covered glacier

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2679-2694

  Fujita, K ^a   Sakai, A ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; HYBRID MATERIALS; ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIER; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MULTI-TEMPORAL DATA; MULTIPLICATIVE PARAMETERS; RUNOFF COMPONENTS; RUNOFF SIMULATION;

RUNOFF;

EID: 84904967957     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-2679-2014     Document Type: Article

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