Spatio-temporal simulation of permafrost geothermal response to climate change scenarios in a building environment

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 141-151

  Zhou, Fuqun ^a   Zhang, Aining ^a   Li, Robert ^b   Hoeve, Ed ^c  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D Geothermal Modeling; Climate Warming Impact; Permafrost Engineering; Permafrost Geothermal Regime

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DYNAMICS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PERMAFROST; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-DIMENSIONAL; 3D GEOTHERMAL MODELING; ACTIVE LAYERS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BUILDING ENVIRONMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE WARMING IMPACT; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS; NATURAL CONDITIONS; PERMAFROST DEGRADATIONS; PERMAFROST ENGINEERING; RATE OF INCREASE; SIMULATION RESULTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SIMULATIONS; SUB-SURFACE MATERIALS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; PERMAFROST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CANADA; INUVIK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 62949109234     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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