An RCM projection of soil thermal and moisture regimes for North American permafrost zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Sushama, L ^a,b   Laprise, R ^b   Caya, D ^a,b   Verseghy, D ^c   Allard, M ^d  

^a Consortium Ouranos on Regional Climate and Adaptation to Climate Changes ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PERMAFROST; SOIL MOISTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SOIL LAYER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL THERMAL;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 37349106323     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031385     Document Type: Article

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