Influence of snow cover on ground surface temperature in the zone of sporadic permafrost, Tatra Mountains, Poland and Slovakia

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-211

  Gadek, Bogdan ^a   Leszkiewicz, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alpine permafrost; BTS; Ground surface temperature; Snow cover; Tatra Mountains

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR TEMPERATURE CHANGES; BASAL TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITICAL FACTORS; GROUND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; REFERENCE STATIONS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SLOVAKIA; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTHS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LANDFORMS; PERMAFROST; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 72249119974     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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