Temporal-spatial characteristics of observed key parameters of snow cover in China during 1957-2009

• 作 者: LiJuan Ma DaHe Qin
• 机 构: NationalClimateCenter,ChinaMeteorologicalAdministration,StateKeyLaboratoryofCryosphericSciences
• 出 处: 寒旱区科学：英文版
• 发表日期: 2012年5期
• 关键词: 气象观测站 中国西北 积雪深度 时空变化特征 关键参数 中国东北地区 青藏高原 空间分布 snow cover snow density snow depth
• 基金项目: supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40901045),the China Meteorological Administration’s special funds for scientific research on public causes(GYHY200906017)

Using observed snow cover data from Chinese meteorological stations, this study indicated that annual mean snow depth, Snow Water Equivalent (SWE), and snow density during 1957-2009 were 0.49 cm, 0.7 mm, and 0.14 g/cm 3 over China as a whole, respectively