Shrinking ponds in subarctic Alaska based on 1950-2002 remotely sensed images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Riordan, Brian ^a   Verbyla, David ^a   McGuire, A David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PERMAFROST; POND; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WATER; WARMING;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; SEWARD PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750998652     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JG000150     Document Type: Article

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