Analysis of ground temperature trends in Alpine permafrost using generalized least squares

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mutter, Evelyn Zenklusen ^a   Blanchet, Juliette ^a   Phillips, Marcia ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FROZEN GROUND; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PERMAFROST; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALPS;

EID: 77958574966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001648     Document Type: Article

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