The regional distribution of mountain permafrost in Iceland

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-199

  Etzelmüller, Bernd ^a   Farbrot, Herman ^a   Guomundsson, Águst ^b   Humlum, Ole ^a   Tveito, Ole Einar ^c   Björnsson, Helgi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Jarofræoistofan Geological Services   (Iceland)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Ground temperatures; Iceland; Mapping; Modelling; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MAPPING; MODELING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERMAFROST; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 34250720577     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.583     Document Type: Article

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