Spring snow melt timing and changes over Arctic lands

Polar Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 145-157

  Foster, J L ^a   Robinson, D A ^b   Hall, D K ^a   Estilow, T W ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOAA SATELLITE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SPRING (SEASON);

ARCTIC; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57249087352     PISSN: 1088937X     EISSN: 19390513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889370802580185     Document Type: Article

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