Early warning of snow-caused disasters in pastoral areas on the Tibetan Plateau

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1411-1425

  Wang, W ^a   Liang, T ^a   Huang, X ^a   Feng, Q ^a   Xie, H ^b   Liu, X ^a   Chen, M ^a   Wang, X ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; LIVESTOCK; NATURAL DISASTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW COVER; WEATHER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84879210885     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1411-2013     Document Type: Article

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