Permafrost evolution in the Swiss Alps in a changing climate and the role of the snow cover

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-83

  Luetschg, Martina ^a   Haeberli, Wilfried ^b  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Modelling; Permafrost; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 20444439210     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950510020583     Document Type: Article

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