Processes governing the mass balance of Chhota Shigri Glacier (western Himalaya, India) assessed by point-scale surface energy balance measurements

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2195-2217

  Azam, M F ^a,b   Wagnon, P ^a,c   Vincent, C ^d   Ramanathan, A L ^b   Favier, V ^d   Mandal, A ^b   Pottakkal, J G ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALBEDO; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; NET RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CHHOTA SHIGRI GLACIER; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 84914095332     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-2195-2014     Document Type: Article

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