Energy and mass balance modelling for glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau : extension, validation and application of a coupled snow and energy balance model

• Main Author: Huintjes, Eva
• Other Authors: Schneider, Christoph
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University 2014
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550; Gletscher; Glaziologie; China; Tibet; Energiebilanz; Geowissenschaften; glacier; glaciology; energy balance; Halji; Ice; Ice cap; permafrost
• Online Access: https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/459462; https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/search?p=id:%22RWTH-CONV-145370%22

The Tibetan Plateau is the source region of five of the largest Asian rivers. The large amount of ice, snow and permafrost on the plateau and its surrounding mountain ranges and the stored water therein is important in sustaining seasonal water availability. According to the overall trend of increas...