The influence of low-level thermal inversions on estimated melt-season characteristics in the central Canadian Arctic

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-268

  Chutko, Krystopher J ^a   Lamoureux, Scott F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Arctic; Circumpolar vortex; Glacier melt; Melt season; Vertical lapse rate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC; CIRCUMPOLAR VORTEX; MELT SEASON; VERTICAL LAPSE RATE;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; GLACIERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; VORTEX;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CORNWALLIS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; RESOLUTE;

EID: 66049160554     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1722     Document Type: Article

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