Modeling peat thermal regime of an ombrotrophic peatland with hummock-hollow microtopography

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1406-1425

  Dimitrov, Dimitre D ^a   Grant, Robert F ^b   Lafleur, Peter M ^c   Humphreys, Elyn R ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONVECTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; EDDY COVARIANCE; HEAT FLUX PLATE; MACROPORES; MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; ONTARIO , CANADA; PEATLAND; POROUS MEDIA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL WARMING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL REGIMES;

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; PEAT; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POROUS MATERIALS; THERMOCOUPLES; WETLANDS;

AIR PERMEABILITY;

EDDY COVARIANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; MER BLEUE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77954575447     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0288     Document Type: Article

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