Climate Change Research ›› 2012, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (5): 364-371.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-1719.2012.05.008

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Distribution and Variation of Snow Cover in China

  

  • Received:2012-02-02 Revised:2012-05-08 Online:2012-09-30 Published:2012-09-30
  • Contact: LIU Jun-Feng E-mail:jfliu121@163.com

Abstract: New snow cover products were produced by the combined using of Aqua and Terra MODIS snow cover products in 2001-2010. Then the distribution and variation of snow cover over the three major snow-covered regions in China were studied. The outcome shows that Xinjiang region’s snow cover is more stable than Northeast China-Inner Mongolia region’s and Tibetan Plateau’s. The corresponding stable indices of snow cover over the three regions are 0.58, 0.38 and 0.29, respectively. The seasonal snow-covered areas in different month were also studied, which shows that in Xinjiang and Northeast China, the largest snow-covered area appeared in January, and the smallest in July and August. In Tibetan Plateau, the largest snow-covered area appeared in November, after then the area reduced gradually till April, afterwards quickly till July and August. The yearly stable snow-covered area has not significantly changed over three major snow-covered regions and entire China since 2002.

Key words: snow cover days,  , spatial distribution, MODIS, seasonal and yearly variations

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