Spatial modelling of palsa mires in relation to climate in northern Europe

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1373-1387

  Luoto, Miska ^a,b   Fronzek, Stefan ^b   Zuidhoff, Frieda S ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate; Generalized linear modelling; GIS; Palsa mire; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LINEAR MODELING; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALSA MIRES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

GIS; MIRE; MODELING; PERMAFROST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7244240832     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1099     Document Type: Article

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