Perspectives on environmental study of response to climatic and land cover/land use change over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: An introduction

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 631-634

  Zhang, Tingjun ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

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

EID: 36448955000     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-513)[ZHANG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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