Permafrost distribution from BTS measurements (Sierra de Telera, central Pyrenees, Spain): Assessing the importance of solar radiation in a mid-elevation shaded mountainous area

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-149

  Julián, Asunción ^a   Chueca, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mountain permafrost; Permafrost distribution modelling; Pyrenees; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

BASAL TEMPERATURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; MODELING; PERMAFROST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 34250742528     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.576     Document Type: Article

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