Relation between Eurasian snow cover, snow depth, and the Indian summer monsoon: An observational study

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3117-3132

  Bamzai, A S ^a,b   Shukla, J ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inst Global Environ and Soc Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RAIN; SNOW;

EURASIAN SNOW COVER; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; SNOW DEPTH;

SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CORRELATION; MONSOON; SNOW COVER;

INDIA;

EID: 0033208356     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3117:RBESCS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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