Heat transport in the Red Lake Bog, Glacial Lake Agassiz Peatlands

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-378

  McKenzie, Jeffrey M ^a   Siegel, Donald I ^b   Rosenberry, Donald O ^c   Glaser, Paul H ^d   Voss, Clifford I ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial Lake Agassiz Peatlands; Heat transfer; SUTRA; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

METHANE EMISSIONS; PEATLANDS; WATERLOGGED SOILS;

LAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; HEAT TRANSFER; PEATLAND; POREWATER; SPRING (SEASON); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATERLOGGING;

EID: 33846683988     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6239     Document Type: Article

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