Importance of a soil organic layer for Arctic climate: A sensitivity study with an Arctic RCM

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Rinke, Annette ^a   Kuhry, Peter ^b   Dethloff, Klaus ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SOILS; WATER LEVELS;

AIR TEMPERATURES; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; DYNAMICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIMES; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; ORGANIC LAYERS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; SENSITIVITY STUDIES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; KARA SEA;

EID: 53749084224     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034052     Document Type: Article

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