Variation of hydrological regime with permafrost coverage over Lena Basin in Siberia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Ye, Baisheng ^a,d   Yang, Daqing ^b   Zhang, Zhongliang ^c   Kane, Douglas L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; STREAM FLOW;

BASEFLOWS; BASIN PRECIPITATION; COLD CLIMATE; DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS; DISCHARGE RATIO; DISCHARGE REGIMES; DRAINAGE AREA; EASTERN SIBERIA; FLOW RATIOS; FLOW REGIMES; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LENA BASIN; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; PERMAFROST DISTRIBUTION; RIVER FLOW; SIBERIA; SIMILAR PATTERN; SUBBASIN; SUBBASINS; THERMAL CONDITION;

PERMAFROST;

BASEFLOW; PERMAFROST; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

EURASIA; LENA BASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 67649094932     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010537     Document Type: Article

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