Glacier runoff and its impact in a highly glacierized catchment in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau: Past and future trends

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 61, Issue 228, 2015, Pages 713-730

  Zhang, Yong ^a,b   Hirabayashi, Yukiko ^b   Liu, Qiao ^c   Liu, Shiyin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Debris covered glaciers; Energy balance; Glacier discharge; Glacier hydrology; Mountain glaciers

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MELTWATER; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84942418830     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG14J188     Document Type: Article

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