Seasonal changes in surface albedo of Himalayan glaciers from MODIS data and links with the annual mass balance

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 341-355

  Brun, F ^a,b,c   Dumont, M ^d   Wagnon, P ^a,c   Berthier, E ^e   Azam, M F ^a,f   Shea, J M ^c   Sirguey, P ^g   Rabatel, A ^a   Ramanathan, Al ^f  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ANNUAL VARIATION; GLACIER; MASS BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84923132174     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-341-2015     Document Type: Article

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