Recent snow cover fluctuations in the mountainous areas of Japan

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 318, 2007, Pages 116-125

  Yamaguchi, Saturo ^a   Abe, Osamu ^a   Nakai, Sento ^a   Sato, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese mountainous area; Meteorological conditions; Snow cover; Water resource

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH SCIENCES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WATER RESOURCES;

JAPAN; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MOUNTAINOUS AREAS; SNOW COVER;

ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; SNOW COVER; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 38549179333     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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