Climate change and snow-cover duration in the Australian Alps

Climatic Change

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-479

  Whetton, P H ^a   Haylock, M R ^a   Galloway, R ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NIVATION; SNOW COVER;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIAN ALPS;

EID: 0030466955     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00140356     Document Type: Article

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