Sublimation and ice condensation in hyperarid soils: Modeling results using field data from Victoria Valley, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hagedorn, Birgit ^a   Sletten, Ronald S ^a   Hallet, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; FROZEN GROUND; ICE; MODELING; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SOIL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBLIMATION; WATER VAPOR;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 36248970027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000580     Document Type: Article

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