Estimating the volume of glaciers in the Himalayan-Karakoram region using different methods

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2313-2333

  Frey, H ^a   Machguth, H ^b   Huss, M ^c   Huggel, C ^a   Bajracharya, S ^d   Bolch, T ^a,e   Kulkarni, A ^f   Linsbauer, A ^a,c   Salzmann, N ^a,c   Stoffel, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER; ICE THICKNESS; INVENTORY; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME; WATER RESOURCE;

HIMALAYAS; KARAKORAM;

EID: 85006373088     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-2313-2014     Document Type: Article

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