The surface energy balance of a polygonal tundra site in northern Siberia - Part 1: Spring to fall

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-171

  Langer, M ^a   Westermann, S ^a   Muster, S ^a   Piel, K ^a   Boike, J ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYGON; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW COVER; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); SURFACE ENERGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TUNDRA; TURBULENCE;

SIBERIA;

EID: 79952462993     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-151-2011     Document Type: Article

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