Shallow soil moisture - Ground thaw interactions and controls - Part 2: Influences of water and energy fluxes

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1387-1400

  Guan, X J ^a   Spence, C ^a,b   Westbrook, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS SURFACE; CONTROLLING PROCESS; ENERGY PROCESS; FLOW PATH; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; KEY CONTROL; LATERAL SURFACE; MODIFIED PE; PEATLAND; PRECAMBRIAN; STORAGE CAPACITY; STUDY SITES; THAW DEPTH; VALLEY SITES; VARIABLE INTERACTION; WATER AND ENERGIES;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; THAWING; WETLANDS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ENERGY FLUX; FROST; HILLSLOPE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PEATLAND; PRECAMBRIAN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBARCTIC REGION; SURFACE WATER; WETLAND;

CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 77955223812     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1387-2010     Document Type: Article

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