Observed soil temperature trends associated with climate change in Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Qian, Budong ^a   Gregorich, Edward G ^a   Gameda, Sam ^a   Hopkins, David W ^b,c   Wang, Xiaolan L ^d  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; REINFORCEMENT; SNOW; SOILS; THERMAL INSULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CLIMATE STATIONS; COMBINED EFFECT; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTHS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INSULATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONALITY; SNOW COVER; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 79251614339     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015012     Document Type: Article

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