Model computations on the climate change effects on snow cover, soil moisture and soil frost in the boreal conditions over Finland

Silva Fennica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-233

  Kellomäki, Seppo ^a   Maajärvi, Matti ^a   Strandman, Harri ^a   Kilpeläinen, Antti ^a   Peltola, Heli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

A2 climate scenario; Climate change; Precipitation; Snow accumulation; Soil carrying capacity; Soil frost; Soil moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FROST EFFECTS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; PROCESS-BASED ECOSYSTEM MODEL; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SOIL FROST; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE CONTENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; FROST; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TYPE;

FINLAND; FROST; GEOLOGY; LOGGING; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; SOIL;

FINLAND;

EID: 77954557521     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.455     Document Type: Article

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