ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
This research is supported by the Hong Kong Baptist University 
Faculty Research Grant (FRG2/11-12/030). Long-term snow 
depth dataset of China is provided by Environmental & 
Ecological Science Data Center for West China, National 
Natural Science Foundation of China 
(http://Westde westgis.ac.cn).  GlobSnow SWE product is 
provided by Finish Meteorological Institute. 
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