Contrasting extreme runoff events in areas of continuous permafrost, Arctic Alaska

Hydrology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-298

  Kane, Douglas L ^a   Hinzman, Larry D ^b   Gieck, Robert E ^a   McNamara, James P ^c   Youcha, Emily K ^a   Oatley, Jeffrey A ^d  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Boise State University   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active layer; Alaska; Arctic; Drought; Floods; Permafrost; Runoff

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083164     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2008.005     Document Type: Article

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