Spatial variability in subsurface warming over the last three decades; insight from repeated borehole temperature measurements in The Netherlands

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 86-94

  Kooi, Henk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

borehole temperatures; global warming; groundwater flow; land use change; subsurface warming; surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BOREHOLE TEMPERATURES; SUBSURFACE WARMING; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATABASE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43449130371     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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