Linear trends of the length of snow-cover season in the Northern Hemisphere as observed by the satellites in the period 1972-2000

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 229-237

  Rikiishi, Kunio ^a   Hashiya, Eisuke ^a   Imai, Masafumi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT;

EID: 15444361821     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781815329     Document Type: Article

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