The effect of transient conditions on an equilibrium permafrost-climate model

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-32

  Riseborough, Dan ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Models; Permafrost; TTOP

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 33947183157     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.579     Document Type: Article

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