| DOI: | 10.1002/wcc.179
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| Scopus记录号: | 2-s2.0-84863817921
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| 论文题名: | Is snow in the Alps receding or disappearing? |
| 作者: | Beniston M
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| 刊名: | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
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| ISSN: | 17577780
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| 出版年: | 2012
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| 卷: | 3, 期:4 | | 起始页码: | 349
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| 结束页码: | 358
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | Atmospheric pressure
; Driving factors
; Environmental systems
; European Alps
; Model study
; North Atlantic oscillations
; Public perception
; Snow packs
; Socio-economics
; Snow
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| 英文摘要: | Snow in a populated and economically diverse region such as the Alps plays an important role in both natural environmental systems, (e.g., hydrology and vegetation), and a range of socio-economic sectors (e.g., tourism or hydropower). Changes in snow amount and duration may impact upon these systems in various ways. The objective of this text is to assess whether the public perception that snow has been receding in recent decades in the European Alps is indeed upheld by observations of the behavior of the mountain snow-pack in the last few decades. This article will show that, depending on location-and in particular according to altitude-the quantity of snow and the length of the snow season have indeed changed over the past century. While a major driving factor for this is clearly to be found in recent warming trends, other processes also contribute to the reduction in snow, such as the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the variability of the mountain snow-pack. This article ends with a short glimpse to the future, based on recent model studies that suggest that snow at low to medium elevations will indeed have all but disappeared by 2100. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/76418
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候变化与战略
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作者单位: | Department of Physics, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Beniston M. Is snow in the Alps receding or disappearing?[J]. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,2012-01-01,3(4)
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