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Snow effects on alpine vegetation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Kun WangKey Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;College of Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Shandong, China
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Li ZhangKey Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yubao QiuKey Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Lei JiASRC InuTeq, Contractor to U.S. Geological Survey EROS Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA
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Feng TianSchool of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Jiangsu, China
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Cuizhen WangDepartment of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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Zhiyong WangCollege of Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Shandong, China
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Pages 58-75 | Received 04 May 2013, Accepted 22 Sep 2013, Published online: 28 Nov 2013

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