Arctic RCM simulations of temperature and precipitation derived indices relevant to future frozen ground conditions

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 80-81, Issue , 2012, Pages 136-148

  Rinke, A ^a   Matthes, H ^a   Christensen, J H ^b,c   Kuhry, P ^d   Romanovsky, V E ^e,f   Dethloff, K ^a  

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

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c Greenland Climate Research Centre   (Greenland)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f EARTH CRYOSPHERE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Arctic; Climate change; Permafrost; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO; EMISSION SCENARIO; FROZEN GROUND; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL; LAPTEV SEA; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; TIME SLICE; VULNERABLE REGIONS; WARM PERMAFROST;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERMAFROST; SOILS; THAWING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; FREEZING; FROZEN GROUND; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THAWING;

EID: 81255173500     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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