Snow effect on North American ground temperatures, 1950-2002

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Bartlett, Marshall G ^a   Chapman, David S ^a   Harris, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREHOLE; BOREHOLE LOGGING; CLIMATE CHANGE; SNOW COVER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARMING; WINTER;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646761268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000293     Document Type: Article

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