Variations in snow cover and snowline altitude in Baspa Basin

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1255-1258

  Kaur, Rakesh ^a   Saikumar, D ^a   Kulkarni, Anil V ^b   Chaudhary, B S ^c  

^a National Technical Research Organization   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Baspa Basin; Global warming; Snow cover; Snowline

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349108708     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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