Accumulation Studies at a High Elevation Glacier Site in Central Karakoram

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mayer, Christoph ^a   Lambrecht, Astrid ^a   Oerter, Hans ^b   Schwikowski, Margit ^c   Vuillermoz, Elisa ^d   Frank, Nicola ^e,f   Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^g  

^a BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Associazione EvK2CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f OECOS GmbH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 84934901270     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/215162     Document Type: Article

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