Influence of local topography, soils, and vegetation on microclimate and hydrology at a High Arctic site, Ellesmere Island, Canada

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-284

  Young, Kathy L ^a   Woo, Ming Ko ^b   Edlund, Sylvia A ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES; PERMAFROST ZONE; SLOPE PROCESSES; SOIL; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0030849523     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552141     Document Type: Article

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