Long-term snow climate trends of the Swiss Alps (1931-99)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 733-750

  Laternser, Martin ^a   Schneebeli, Martin ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Snow cover; Spatial variability; Switzerland; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SNOW CLIMATE;

SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0038684939     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.912     Document Type: Article

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