Winter ground surface temperature regimes in the zone of sporadic discontinuous permafrost, Tatra mountains (Poland and Slovakia)

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-321

  Gadek, Bogdan ^a,c   Kedzia, Stanisław ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

BTS; Ground surface temperature; Permafrost; Tatra mountains

Indexed keywords

PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 52949093448     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.623     Document Type: Article

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