China's snow disaster in 2008, who is the principal player?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2191-2196

  Hui, Gao ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

East Asia winter monsoon; La Nina; Snow disaster

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; EAST ASIA; ECONOMIC LOSS; ENSO EVENTS; HIGH LATITUDES; LA NINA; LA NINA EVENT; POLAR VORTEX; SIBERIA; SNOW DISASTER; SNOW EVENT; TROPICAL REGIONS; WINTER MONSOON;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

SNOW MAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DISASTER; GEOSTATISTICS; LA NINA; MONSOON; POLAR VORTEX; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 71449115229     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1859     Document Type: Article

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