Table 1 Snow cover area and temperature for different months
From: Change in snow cover area of Brahmaputra river basin and its sensitivity to temperature
Year | January | April | July | October | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Snow cover area (km2) | Temperature (°C) | Snow cover area (sq. km) | Temperature (°C) | Snow cover area (sq. km) | Temperature (°C) | Snow cover area (sq. km) | Temperature (°C) | |
2002 | 30,474 | −14.92 | 114,588 | −2.70 | 14,536 | 7.91 | 84,551 | −0.67 |
2003 | 98,414 | −12.26 | 99,972 | −1.62 | 25,851 | 8.79 | 21,069 | −1.05 |
2004 | 64,472 | −14.22 | 56,236 | −1.09 | 23,695 | 7.20 | 63,894 | 0.93 |
2005 | 74,004 | −11.66 | 83,658 | −0.92 | 11,262 | 7.63 | 28,355 | −0.28 |
2006 | 37,285 | −13.87 | 80,162 | −3.81 | 12,678 | 8.85 | 16,157 | −2.28 |
2007 | 49,892 | −14.43 | 87,833 | 0.81 | 7881 | 8.16 | 12,347 | 1.12 |
2008 | 29,822 | −10.20 | 92,263 | 0.16 | 15,540 | 7.84 | 32,572 | −2.00 |
2009 | 112,736 | −15.55 | 89,539 | −1.74 | 14,328 | 7.75 | 25,427 | 1.38 |
2010 | 66,618 | −11.43 | 68,848 | −0.03 | 12,401 | 7.96 | 30,162 | −3.25 |
2011 | 62,421 | −12.88 | 74,142 | −1.69 | 13,038 | 7.91 | 13,129 | 1.43 |
2012 | 138,555 | −11.65 | 89,930 | −0.82 | 12,236 | 8.24 | 20,526 | 0.25 |