Snow cover conditions in the Tibetan Plateau observed during the winter of 2003/2004

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-164

  Ueno, Kenichi ^a   Tanaka, Kenji ^b   Tsutsui, Hiroyuki ^c   Li, Maoshan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; FIELD SURVEY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INSOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW COVER; SUBLIMATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33947672367     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[152:SCCITT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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