Glacier area shrinkage in China and its climatic background during the past half century

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-28

  Zhang, Mingjun ^a   Wang, Shengjie ^a   Li, Zhongqin ^a,b   Wang, Feiteng ^b  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

0 C isotherm height; air temperature; China; climate change; glacier area; precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855301218     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-012-0908-3     Document Type: Article

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