Temporal and spatial changes of permafrost in Canada since the end of the Little Ice Age

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Chen, Wenjun ^a   Riseborough, Daniel W ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMAFROST;

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PERMAFROST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34347339903     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007284     Document Type: Article

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