Snow pack in the Swiss Alps under changing climatic conditions: An empirical approach for climate impacts studies

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 19-31

  Beniston, Martin ^a   Keller, Franziska ^a   Goyette, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037281253     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-002-0709-1     Document Type: Article

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