Disequilibrium response of permafrost thaw to climate warming in Canada over 1850-2100

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Chen, Wenjun ^a   Riseborough, Daniel W ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

PERMAFROST THAW; PROCESS-BASED MODEL;

GLOBAL WARMING;

DISEQUILIBRIUM; FROZEN GROUND; GLOBAL WARMING; PERMAFROST; REDUCTION; TALIK; THAWING; THERMAL REGIME; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40849126840     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032117     Document Type: Article

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