Finding and investigation of the Kamchatka glaciers

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: A. Muraviev Ya., А. Муравьев Я.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: IGRAS 2015
• Subjects: Glaciers;Glacier inventory;Kamchatka;history of investigation;cosmic (space) survey; История исследований;Камчатка;Каталог ледников;космическая съёмка;ледники; Kamchatka Peninsula; Annals of Glaciology; Kamchatka; КАМЧАТК*
• Online Access: https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/174; https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-2-123-132

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...