Decadal variations of active-layer thickness in moisture-controlled landscapes, Barrow, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Shiklomanov, Nikolay I ^a   Streletskiy, Dmitry A ^b   Nelson, Frederick E ^b   Hollister, Robert D ^c   Romanovsky, Vladimir E ^d   Tweedie, Craig E ^e   Bockheim, James G ^f   Brown, Jerry ^g  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g International Permafrost Association ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECADAL VARIATION; LANDSCAPE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PERMAFROST; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE ENERGY; THAWING; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649494667     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001248     Document Type: Article

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