The variation of soil temperature and water content of seasonal frozen soil with different vegetation coverage in the headwater region of the Yellow River, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1755-1762

  Cheng, Huiyan ^a,c   Wang, Genxu ^b   Hu, Hongchang ^a   Wang, Yibo ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

v T s coupling model; Contour chart; Soil temperature and water content; The headwater region of the Yellow River

Indexed keywords

SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

CONTOUR CHART; HEADWATER REGION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

FROZEN SOILS;

FROZEN GROUND; HEADWATER; HEAT BALANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; THAWING; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 44349086276     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0953-x     Document Type: Article

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