Projecting climate change impacts on mountain snow cover in central Scotland from historical patterns

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 488-499

  Trivedi, Mandar R ^a,c   Browne, Mervyn K ^b   Berry, Pamela M ^a   Dawson, Terence P ^a,d   Morecroft, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Milton of Ardtalnaig   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MOUNTAIN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BEN LAWERS NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PERTH AND KINROSS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36048942139     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-006)[TRIVEDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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