Abrupt increase in permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Jorgenson, M Torre ^a   Shur, Yuri L ^b   Pullman, Erik R ^a  

^a ABR Inc   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; PERMAFROST; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DEGRADING ICE WEDGES; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; WATER-FILLED PITS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; PERMAFROST; WARMING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644784081     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024960     Document Type: Article

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