Midwinter snowpack variation across the Arctic treeline, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Kershaw, G Peter ^a   McCulloch, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Churchill Northern Studies Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOTONE; FOREST FIRE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MICROCLIMATE; SNOWPACK; TREELINE; TUNDRA;

CANADA; CHURCHILL; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33947694666     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[9:MSVATA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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