Recent extreme near-surface permafrost temperatures on Svalbard in relation to future climate scenarios

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Isaksen, Ketil ^a   Benestad, R E ^a   Harris, C ^b   Sollid, J L ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOREHOLES; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPHYSICS; PERMAFROST; ROCKS;

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; NEAR-SURFACE PERMAFROST WARMING; THERMAL RESPONSE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THAWING;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 35948975722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031002     Document Type: Article

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