The changes in Russian winter snow accumulation during 1936-83 and its spatial patterns

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 856-863

  Ye, Hengchun ^a   Cho, Han Ru ^b   Gustafson, Philip E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW DEPTH; WINTER SNOW;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0442319835     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0856:TCIRWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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