Spatial-temporal variability of snow cover and depth in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1521-1533

  Xu, Wenfang ^a,b   Ma, Lijuan ^c   Ma, Minna ^a,b   Zhang, Haicheng ^d   Yuan, Wenping ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Snow; Snow cover; Snowmelt icemelt

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; RISING TEMPERATURES; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL TEMPORALS;

SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 85012241763     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0732.1     Document Type: Article

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