Snow conditions in mountains and climate change - A global view

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 326, 2009, Pages 147-154

  Verzano, Kerstin ^a   Menzel, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global scale; Mountain hydrology; Snow cover; WaterGAP model

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SCALE; MOUNTAIN HYDROLOGY; SNOW COVER; SNOW COVERS; WATERGAP MODEL;

EARTH (PLANET); HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOW; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

EID: 71849102514     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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