The application of Regional Climate Model output for the simulation of high-mountain permafrost scenarios

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 188-202

  Salzmann, Nadine ^a   Frei, Christoph ^b   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^b   Hoelzle, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alpine permafrost; climate scenario; complex topography; high mountain area; RCM

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CORVATSCH; ENGADIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33847130450     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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