Variability in snow cover phenology in China from 1952 to 2010

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 755-770

  Ke, Chang Qing ^a   Li, Xiu Cang ^b,c   Xie, Hongjie ^d   Ma, Dong Hui ^a   Liu, Xun ^a   Kou, Cheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; HYDROLOGY;

ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; OBSERVATION DATA; SHANDONG PENINSULA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; PHENOLOGY; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84959138177     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-755-2016     Document Type: Article

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