Reduction in Himalayan snow accumulation and weakening of the trade winds over the Pacific since the 1840s

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Zhao, Hongxu ^a   Moore, G W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOPHYSICS; ICE; RAIN;

INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; SNOW COVER; SUMMER RAINFALL;

SNOW;

CIRCULATION; ICE CORE; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REDUCTION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TRADE WIND; WIND WAVE; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845622401     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027339     Document Type: Article

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