The western arctic linkage experiment (WALE): Overview and synthesis

Earth Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-13

  McGuire, A D ^a   Walsh, J E ^a   Kimball, J S ^b   Clein, J S ^a   Euskirchen, S E ^a   Drobot, S ^c   Herzfeld, U C ^c   Maslanik, J ^c   Lammers, R B ^d   Rawlins, M A ^d   Vorosmarty, C J ^d   Rupp, T S ^a   Wu, W ^e   Calef, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boreal; Carbon; Climate; Ecosystem models; Hydrology; WALE; Western Arctic Linkage Experiment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION;

ARCTIC; BOREAL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; WALE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 65549089573     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008EI239.1     Document Type: Article

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