Geografie 2016, 121, 493-520

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2016121040493

Variability of snow cover and frost depth at the Potsdam station, Germany

Małgorzata Szwed1, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz1,2, Abdelkader Mezghani3

1Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Poland
2Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
3Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway

Received July 2015
Accepted May 2016

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