Characteristics of the recent warming permafrost in Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Osterkamp, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THAWING; TUNDRA; WARMING;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BROOKS RANGE; CHUKCHI SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES; YUKON RIVER;

EID: 34548363966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000578     Document Type: Article

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