A long-term Arctic snow depth record from Abisko, northern Sweden, 1913-2004

Polar Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-113

  Kohler, Jack ^a   Brandt, Ola ^a   Johansson, Margareta ^b,c   Callaghan, Terry ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DETERMINATION; POLAR REGION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK;

ABISKO; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745973938     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2006.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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