Temporal and spatial variability in snow cover over the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, from 2001 to 2015

Temporal and spatial variability in snow cover over the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, from 2001 to 2015

Xinjiang, China, is a typical arid and semi-arid region of Central Asia that significantly lacks freshwater resources, and the surface runoff in this region is mainly supplied by mountain glacier and snow cover meltwater. Based on the above background and issues of transnational water resources betw...

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Main Authors: Wenqian Chen, Jianli Ding, Jingzhe Wang, Junyong Zhang, Zhe Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-04-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Arid regions of Central Asia
Xinjiang
MOD10A2
Seasonal snow cover
NSACI index
Temporal and spatial variation
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/8861.pdf

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