A map analysis of patterned-ground along a North American Arctic transect

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Raynolds, Martha K ^a   Walker, Donald A ^a   Munger, Corinne A ^a   Vonlanthen, Corinne M ^b   Kade, Anja N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MAPPING METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNOW; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69549084787     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000512     Document Type: Article

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