Wetland monitoring, characterization and modelling under changing climate in the Canadian Subarctic

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 55-64

  Chen, B ^a,b   Jing, L ^b   Zhang, B Y ^b   Liu, S ^c  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT   (China)

Author keywords

Field investigation; Hydrological modeling; Permafrost; Snowmelt; Subarctic wetland

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIELDWORK; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERCEPTION; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW; SUBARCTIC REGION; TUNDRA; WETLAND;

CANADA; CHURCHILL; DEER BASIN; MANITOBA;

EID: 84455174813     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201100199     Document Type: Article

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