Reduced melt on debris-covered glaciers: Investigations from Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal

Cryosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1845-1858

  Vincent, Christian ^a   Wagnon, Patrick ^b,c   Shea, Joseph M ^c   Immerzeel, Walter W ^c,d   Kraaijenbrink, Philip ^d   Shrestha, Dibas ^e   Soruco, Alvaro ^f   Arnaud, Yves ^b   Brun, Fanny ^b,g   Berthier, Etienne ^g   Sherpa, Sonam Futi ^c,h  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NEPAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nepal)

^f UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^h KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; ELEVATION; EMERGENCE; GLACIER; ICE; MASS BALANCE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SEA LEVEL; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VELOCITY;

NEPAL;

EID: 84983740578     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-1845-2016     Document Type: Article

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