Spatial-temporal features of intense snowfall events in China and their possible change

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Sun, Jianqi ^a,b   Wang, Huijun ^a,b   Yuan, Wei ^c   Chen, Huopo ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SNOW;

20TH CENTURY; ANNUAL CYCLE; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; EASTERN CHINA; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; MAXIMUM FREQUENCY; NORTHERN CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; TREND ANALYSIS; UNIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; WINTER MONTHS; XINJIANG;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CHINA;

EID: 77956201724     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013541     Document Type: Article

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