Thermal erosion of a permafrost coastline: Improving process-based models using time-lapse photography

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 474-484

  Wobus, Cameron ^a   Anderson, Robert ^a   Overeem, Irina ^a   Matell, Nora ^a   Clow, Gary ^b   Urban, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICEBERG; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERMAFROST; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WAVE ENERGY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052200599     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.3.474     Document Type: Article

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