Finding and investigation of the Kamchatka glaciers

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Author: A. Ya. Muraviev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2015
• Subjects: история исследований; камчатка; каталог ледников; космическая съёмка; ледники; Science; Q; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka; КАМЧАТК*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-2-123-132; https://doaj.org/article/e099d0a7bb014686a359ed49ff2e7d24

History of finding and investigation of the present-day glaciers of the Kamchatka Peninsula is described. A degree of our knowledge of such glacier characteristics as the mass balance, sizes, and the area fluctuations for the second half of 20th – beginning of 21st century is discussed. A literature...