Environmental threats, mitigation strategies and high-mountain areas

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue SPEC. ISS. 13, 2004, Pages 2-10

  Watson, Robert T ^a,b,c,d,e   Haeberli, Wilfried ^f,g,h,i,j  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute s   (United States)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ World Glacier Monitoring Service   (Switzerland)

^j FAO   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; MOUNTAIN REGION;

GOES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SNOW;

ALTITUDE; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ICE COVER; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLD CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ICE COVER; SNOW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 8844264597     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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