Eurasian snow cover variability and its association with summer rainfall in China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-44

  Wu, Bingyi ^a   Yang, Kun ^a   Zhang, Renhe ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese summer rainfall; Eurasian snow cover; Interdecadal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649386201     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-0031-2     Document Type: Article

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