Rain-on-snow events impact soil temperatures and affect ungulate survival

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Putkonen, J ^a   Roe, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; SNOW; SOIL MECHANICS; THERMOANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

SOIL TEMPERATURES; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS DATA; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH LATITUDES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN MARITIME CLIMATES; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

GEOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RAINFALL; SNOW; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

UNGULATA;

EID: 0038166176     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016326     Document Type: Article

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