Using in-situ temperature measurements to estimate saturated soil thermal properties by solving a sequence of optimization problems

Cryosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-58

  Nicolsky, D J ^a   Romanovsky, V E ^a   Tipenko, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b SERGEEV INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 74349101890     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-1-41-2007     Document Type: Article

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