Incorporation of a permafrost model into a large-scale ecosystem model: Evaluation of temporal and spatial scaling issues in simulating soil thermal dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D24, 2001, Pages 33649-33670

  Zhuang, Q ^a   Romanovsky, V E ^a   McGuire, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; PERMAFROST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035726846     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900151     Document Type: Review

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