Impacts of diurnal temperature cycles on the geothermal regime on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-436

  Qin, Yinghong ^a   Hiller, Jacob E ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal temperature fluctuation amplitude (DTFA); Net ground thermal budget; Pavement; Permafrost table

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATIC WARMING; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE CYCLES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; EARTH'S SURFACE; GEOMETRIC BOUNDARIES; GROUND SURFACES; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLOWS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; PAVEMENT DEFORMATION; PAVEMENT SUBGRADES; PAVEMENT SURFACE; PERMAFROST TABLE; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; SINUSOIDAL FUNCTIONS; THERMAL BUDGET; THERMAL REGIMES;

BUDGET CONTROL; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT CONDUCTION; PAVEMENTS; PERMAFROST; SOILS;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEFORMATION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLOW; PAVEMENT; PERMAFROST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL REGIME;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79251598280     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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