Modeling snowpack and soil temperature and moisture conditions in a jack pine, black spruce and aspen forest stand in central Saskatchewan (BOREAS SSA)

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-217

  Balland, Vincent ^a   Bhatti, Jagtar ^b   Errington, Ruth ^b   Castonguay, Mark ^a   Arp, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen; Black spruce; Boreal conditions; Frost penetration; Jack pine; Snowpack; Soil moisture; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; FROST; GROUND FREEZING; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWPACK; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

BOREAS; BRYOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 33845689180     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/s05-088     Document Type: Article

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