Tree-ring-based snowfall record for cold arid western Himalaya, India since A.D. 1460

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7516-7522

  Yadav, Ram R ^a   Bhutiyani, Mahendra R ^b  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

Cedrus deodara; cold arid; India; snow water equivalent; tree rings; western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DROUGHT; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATER RESOURCES;

CEDRUS DEODARA; COLD ARID; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

ARID REGION; MOISTURE CONTENT; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RIVER FLOW; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TREE RING;

CHENAB RIVER; HIMALAYAS;

CEDRUS DEODARA;

EID: 84882793519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50583     Document Type: Article

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