Mountain permafrost probability mapping using the BTS method in two climatically dissimilar locations, northwest Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-455

  Bonnaventure, Philip P ^a   Lewkowicz, Antoni G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; LANDFORMS; MAPS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BASAL TEMPERATURES; GRID CELLS; NORTHWEST CANADA; PERMAFROST DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY MAPPING; PROBABILITY MAPS;

PERMAFROST;

BASAL TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; INSOLATION; MAPPING METHOD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HAINES SUMMIT; NORTH AMERICA; RUBY RANGE; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 46749138324     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-013     Document Type: Article

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