Assessment of simulations of snow depth in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau using CMIP5 multi-models

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 611-625

  Wei, Zhigang ^a   Dong, Wenjie ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE THICKNESS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA; MIDDLE EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84946057226     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: 19384246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/AAAR0014-050     Document Type: Article

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