The effect of synoptic scale weather systems on sub-surface soil temperatures in a diurnal frost environment: Preliminary observations from sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Nel, Werner ^a   Boelhouwers, Jan C ^b   Zilindile, Mphumzi B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ground temperature; Marion Island; Soil frost; Synoptic weather

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; FROST HEAVE; FROZEN GROUND; HEAT FLUX; MICROCLIMATE; PERMAFROST; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; SUBSOIL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 72549084521     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2009.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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