Variability and change in terrestrial snow cover: Data acquisition and links to the atmosphere

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 469-498

  Derksen, C ^a   LeDrew, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Remote sensing; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034424923     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/030913300701542750     Document Type: Article

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