Distribution of the surface energy budget: Preliminary analysis on the incoming solar radiation. the case study of the Forni Glacier (Italy)

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-22

  Gambelli, Sara ^a   Senese, Antonella ^a   D'Agata, Carlo ^a   Smiraglia, Claudio ^a   Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Alpine glaciers; Distributed energy budget; Incoming solar radiation; Ortles Cevedale Group

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BUDGET; GIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY GLACIER;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; ORTLES; VALTELLINA;

EID: 84906246176     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4461/GFDQ.2014.37.2     Document Type: Article

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