Spatial and temporal characteristics of snow cover over the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 214-215

  Changqing, Ke ^a   Peiji, Li ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics of spatial distribution and variation; EOF analysis; Snow cover on the Qinghai Xizang Plateau; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347319426     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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