Climate regime of Asian glaciers revealed by GAMDAM glacier inventory

Among meteorological elements, precipitation has a large spatial variability and less observation, particularly in high-mountain Asia, although precipitation in mountains is an important parameter for hydrological circulation. We estimated precipitation contributing to glacier mass at the median ele...

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Main Authors: A. Sakai, T. Nuimura, K. Fujita, S. Takenaka, H. Nagai, D. Lamsal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-05-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/865/2015/tc-9-865-2015.pdf