Transient thermal effects in Alpine permafrost

Cryosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-99

  Noetzli, J ^a   Gruber, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL HAZARD; PERMAFROST; POROSITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; MATTERHORN; PENNINE ALPS;

EID: 70849133124     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-3-85-2009     Document Type: Article

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