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Snow-Covered Bamboo with Sparrows [PDF]
Clinical Chemistry, 2018 Bamboo is an evergreen perennial plant. Many species are found in diverse climates, ranging from hot tropical regions to cool mountainous regions and highland cloud forests. They are commonly found in the Asia-Pacific region: China, India, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and the northern region of Australia.
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Impacts of topographic factors on regional snow cover characteristics
Water Science and Engineering, 2020 At a local scale, snow cover is influenced by terrain properties, and it affects water availability across some arid and semiarid regions. This study aimed to quantify the spatial heterogeneity of snow cover due to topographic effects based on moderate ...
Muattar Saydi, Jian-li Ding
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A Compilation of Snow Cover Datasets for Svalbard: A Multi-Sensor, Multi-Model Study
Remote Sensing, 2021 Reliable and accurate mapping of snow cover are essential in applications such as water resource management, hazard forecasting, calibration and validation of hydrological models and climate impact assessments. Optical remote sensing has been utilized as
Hannah Vickers +6 more
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Variation in the snow cover on the Qilian Mountains and its causes in the early 21st century
Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2016 Based on MODIS data, we analyzed the spatial distribution and the intra- and inter-annual variations of the snow cover in the Qilian Mountains. In addition to discussing regional climate, we discussed the reasons for the snow cover pattern variations ...
Youyan Jiang +4 more
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Snow cover on the Lagonaky high plateau (Western Caucasus)
Лëд и снег, 2017 The paper presents characteristics of a snow cover observed on the Lagonaky high plateau (the Western Caucasus) in the interfluve of the rivers Belaya and Pshekha along two snow-measuring courses. The period of observations is 1973–2015, and the altitude
Yu. V. Efremov, A. V. Zimnitskiy
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Atmosphere, 2022 Snow cover area is dramatically decreasing across the Los Andes Mountains and the most relevant water reservoir under drought conditions. In this sense, monitoring of snow cover is key to analyzing the hydrologic balance in snowmelt-driven basins.
Cristian Mattar +2 more
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The new indices to describe temporal discontinuity of snow cover on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
npj Climate and Atmospheric ScienceSnow cover on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau significantly impacts the climate, hydrology, and ecology of China and East Asia. Current studies mainly use snow cover days to describe its duration, overlooking the snow’s discontinuous nature.
Jing Wang, Lin Tang, Heng Lu
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Gaoyuan qixiangAs an important component of the cryosphere， snow cover is an indispensable part of the Earth's system and also an "indicator" of global climate change.The impact of snow cover on the climate system mainly originates from its physical properties such as ...
Ziyue WANG, Siqiong LUO, Jingyuan WANG
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International Journal of Digital Earth, 2017 Snow cover plays an important role in hydrological processes and seasonal water balance. Especially in the Tibetan Plateau (TP), snow cover is an important source of the Yangtze River, Yellow River and Lancang River (SRYYL), which greatly influences ...
Siyuan Wang +6 more
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Advances in Climate Change ResearchSnow cover possesses high albedo and thermal insulation properties, greatly influencing climate change and responding rapidly to climatic variation, particularly on the Tibetan Plateau. The region's combination of low latitude and intense solar radiation
Ye Jiang, Tao Che, Li-Yun Dai
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