Prediction of permafrost changes in Northeastern China under a changing climate

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 924-935

  Wei, Zhi ^a,b,c   Jin, Hui Jun ^a   Zhang, Jian Ming ^a   Yu, Shao Peng ^a   Han, Xu Jun ^a   Ji, Yan Jun ^d   He, Rui Xia ^a   Chang, Xiao Li ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NORTH MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Baiyin Hydraulic Engineering Designing Institute   (China)

^d Gansu Electric Power Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; equivalent latitude model (ELM); Northeastern China; permafrost; prediction

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE WARMING; COLD REGIONS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE; EQUIVALENT LATITUDE MODEL (ELM); GROUND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HEAT CONDUCTION MODELS; NORTHEASTERN CHINA; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PERMAFROST AREA; PERMAFROST ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; REGIONAL WARMING; SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND; SHAW MODEL; THERMALLY UNSTABLE; UNSTEADY STATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; HEAT CONDUCTION; SOILS;

PERMAFROST;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

CHINA; EURASIA;

EID: 79956149737     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4109-6     Document Type: Article

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