Climatic Characterization of Baltoro Glacier (Karakoram) and Northern Pakistan from In-Situ Stations

Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 1: Climate Change and Engineering Geology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 33-38

  Elisa, Palazzi ^a   Ahmad, Tahir Adnan ^b   Paolo, Cristofanelli ^a   Elisa, Vuillermoz ^a   Provenzale, Antonello ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Karakoram; Precipitation Climatology; Precipitation Gradient; Western Disturbances Monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RAIN GAGES;

KARAKORAM; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION GRADIENTS; SOLID PRECIPITATION; UPPER INDUS BASIN; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; WESTERN DISTURBANCES MONSOON;

RAIN;

EID: 84945134104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09300-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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