Permafrost distribution in the northern hemisphere under scenarios of climatic change

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-72

  Anisimov, Oleg A ^a   Nelson, Frederick E ^b  

^a STATE HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; PERMAFROST DISTRIBUTION;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0030201278     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8181(96)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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