Modeled current and future soil thermal regime for northeast Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Sushama, L ^a   Laprise, R ^a   Allard, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMAFROST; SNOW; SOILS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; PERMAFROST; SIMULATION; SNOW COVER; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL REGIME;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 37349010599     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD007027     Document Type: Article

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