A comparison of permafrost prediction models along a section of Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-120

  Janke, Jason R ^a   Williams, Mark W ^b   Evans, Andrew ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Front Range; GIS; Modeling; Mountain permafrost; Soils; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREHOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GIS; HEAT TRANSFER; KRIGING; LATITUDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERMAFROST; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82855165066     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.029     Document Type: Article

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