Weak precipitation, warm winters and springs impact glaciers of south slopes of Mt. Everest (central Himalaya) in the last 2 decades (1994-2013)

Author
F. Salerno
N. Guyennon
S. Thakuri
G. Viviano
E. Romano
E. Vuillermoz
P. Cristofanelli
P. Stocchi
G. Agrillo
Y. Ma
G. Tartari
Keywords
climate variation
decadal variation
glacial erosion
glacier mass balance
precipitation (climatology)
proglacial environment
seasonality
snow
warm front
weather station
Himalayas
Khumbu Himal
Kosi Basin
Mount Everest
Year of Publication
2015
Journal
Cryosphere
URL
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84935035490&doi=10.5194%2ftc-9-1229-2015&partnerID=40&md5=cc288d20ef31aa91efc2f010595ca2d4
DOI
10.5194/tc-9-1229-2015