Future active layer dynamics and carbon dioxide production from thawing permafrost layers in Northeast Greenland

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 911-926

  Hollesen, J ^a,b,c   Elberling, B ^a,b   Jansson, P E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c DGE Group   (Denmark)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active layer model; Arctic; CoupModel; Greenland; Heat and CO2 production; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THAWING; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 78650771219     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02256.x     Document Type: Article

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