Debris-covered glacier energy balance model for Imja-Lhotse Shar Glacier in the Everest region of Nepal

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2295-2310

  Rounce, D R ^a   Quincey, D J ^b   McKinney, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALBEDO; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

IMJA GLACIER; LHOTSE SHAR GLACIER; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL];

EID: 84950105625     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-2295-2015     Document Type: Article

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