Hysteretic freezing characteristics of riparian peatlands in the Western Boreal forest of Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1027-1038

  Smerdon, Brian D ^a   Mendoza, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal peatlands; Frozen soil; Thermal conductivity; Thermal hysteresis; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FORESTS; BOREAL PEATLANDS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FREEZE-THAW CYCLES; FREEZING AND THAWING; FROZEN STATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HIGH WATER CONTENT; ICE FORMATIONS; ICE THICKNESS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY COLUMNS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; PEATLAND; PHASE CHANGE; SHALLOW LAKES; STEP FUNCTIONS; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBSURFACE THERMAL REGIME; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL HYSTERESIS; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONTROL; FREEZING; FROZEN SOILS; GROUNDWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; HYSTERESIS; ICE; LAKES; THAWING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOREAL FOREST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FREEZING; FROST HEAVE; FROZEN GROUND; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HYSTERESIS; ICE THICKNESS; LINEARITY; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEATLAND; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THRESHOLD;

CANADA;

CAREX ADELOSTOMA; PICEA;

EID: 77951657317     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7544     Document Type: Article

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