Using dynamical downscaling to close the gap between global change scenarios and local permafrost dynamics

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 203-214

  Stendel, Martin ^a   Romanovsky, Vladimir E ^b   Christensen, Jens H ^a   Sazonova, Tatiana ^b  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

active layer; climate change; climate model; ground temperature; permafrost; snow cover

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; FROZEN GROUND; GLOBAL CHANGE; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE; THAWING; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 33847106333     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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