Decreasing soil-frost depth and its relation to climate change in Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 821-833

  Hirota, Tomoyoshi ^a   Iwata, Yukiyoshi ^a   Hayashi, Masaki ^b   Suzuki, Shinji ^a   Hamasaki, Takahiro ^a   Sameshima, Ryoji ^a   Takayabu, Izuru ^c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD REGION; FROZEN GROUND; GLOBAL WARMING; MONSOON; SNOW COVER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 33750289139     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84.821     Document Type: Article

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