A distributed energy-balance melt model of an alpine debris-covered glacier

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 221, 2014, Pages 587-602

  Fyffe, Catriona L ^a   Reid, Tim D ^b   Brock, Ben W ^c   Kirkbride, Martin P ^a   Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^d   Smiraglia, Claudio ^d   Diotri, Fabrizio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Aosta Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris covered glaciers; Energy balance; Surface melt

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE COVER; ICE MECHANICS; ICE THICKNESS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ITALY; MIAGE GLACIER; VALLE D'AOSTA;

EID: 84906239574     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG13J148     Document Type: Article

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