Abrupt changes of thermokarst lakes in Western Siberia: Impacts of climatic warming on permafrost melting

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-431

  Kirpotin, S N ^a   Polishchuk, Y ^b,c   Bryksina, N ^d  

^a TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b YUGRA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d Ugra Research Institute of Information Technologies   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Global warming; Methane emission; Permafrost; Remote sensing; Thermokarst lake; West Siberian palsa bog

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC WARMING; METHANE EMISSION; PEAT LAND; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; SUB-ARCTIC; THERMOKARST LAKE; THIN LAYERS; WEST-SIBERIAN PALSA BOG; WESTERN SIBERIA;

GLOBAL WARMING; LAKES; METHANE; REMOTE SENSING; WETLANDS;

PERMAFROST;

EID: 70350304400     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230902758287     Document Type: Article

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