A comparison of empirical and physically based glacier surface melt models for long-term simulations of glacier response

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 224, 2014, Pages 1199-1207

  Gabbi, Jeannette ^a   Carenzo, Marco ^b   Pellicciotti, Francesca ^b   Bauder, Andreas ^a   Funk, Martin ^a  

^a Hydrology and Glaciology   (Australia)

^b Institute of Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glacier mass balance; Glacier modelling; Surface melt

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE; MELT; PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLUME CHANGE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84923933784     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG14J011     Document Type: Article

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