Influence of vegetation on the ground thermal regime in continental Antarctica

Geoderma

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 215-223

  Cannone, Nicoletta ^a   Guglielmin, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active layer; Antarctica; Climate change; Ground thermal regime; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANTARCTICA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; BARE GROUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; COOLING EFFECTS; DRIVING FACTORS; DRY AND WET; GROUND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GROUND TEMPERATURE; GROUND THERMAL REGIME; NATURAL MODELS; NATURAL PROCESS; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL REGIMES; VEGETATION TYPE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY BALANCE; PERMAFROST; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; SYSTEM THEORY;

VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELING; PERMAFROST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL REGIME;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 67349189934     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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