Climatic response of snow depth to recent warmer winter seasons in heavy-snowfall areas in Japan

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 299-304

  Ishizaka, Masaaki ^a  

^a National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WINTER;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 15444375088     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781815248     Document Type: Article

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