Observed trends in surface freezing/thawing index over the period 1987-2005 in Mongolia

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-111

  Wu, Tonghua ^a   Wang, Qinxue ^b   Zhao, Lin ^a   Batkhishig, Ochirbat ^c   Watanabe, Masataka ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climatic warming; Permafrost; Surface freezing thawing index; Trend

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATIC WARMING; FREEZING/THAWING; GROUND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GROUND SURFACES; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MONGOLIA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OBSERVATION DATA; PERMAFROST DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND; SPATIAL TRENDS; SURFACE FREEZING; SURFACE FREEZING/THAWING INDEX; TEMPORAL CHANGE; THAWING INDEX; THERMAL REGIMES; TREND; WINTER COOLING;

FREEZING; SOILS; THAWING;

PERMAFROST;

ACTIVE LAYER; ANNUAL VARIATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROZEN GROUND; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMAFROST; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 80052569745     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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