Key issues on cryospheric changes, trends and their impacts

Advances in Climate Change Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Qin, Dahe ^a,b   Ding, Yongjian ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cryosphere; Impact; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864505043     PISSN: 16749278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2010.00001     Document Type: Review

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