Permafrost thermal state in the polar northern hemisphere during the international polar year 2007-2009: A synthesis

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-116

  Romanovsky, Vladimir E ^a   Smith, Sharon L ^b   Christiansen, Hanne H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active layer; Arctic regions; Climate change; ground temperature regime; International polar year; Permafrost; Permafrost thaw

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROZEN GROUND; MONITORING SYSTEM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; POLAR REGION; THERMAL REGIME;

ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77956107713     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.689     Document Type: Article

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