Mass balance re-analysis of findelengletscher, Switzerland; benefits of extensive snow accumulation measurements

Frontiers in Earth Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Sold, Leo ^a   Huss, Matthias ^a,b   Machguth, Horst ^c   Joerg, Philip C ^c   Vieli, Gwendolyn Leysinger ^c   Linsbauer, Andreas ^a,c   Salzmann, Nadine ^a,c   Zemp, Michael ^c   Hoelzle, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glacier mass balance; Ground penetrating radar; Mass balance modeling; Snow accumulation

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; GEODESY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SNOW;

BALANCE MEASUREMENT; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); MASS BALANCE MODEL; PRECIPITATION GRADIENTS; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84994682629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22966463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2016.00018     Document Type: Article

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