Multi-scale validation of a new soil freezing scheme for a land-surface model with physically-based hydrology

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 407-430

  Gouttevin, I ^a,b   Krinner, G ^b   Ciais, P ^c   Polcher, J ^d   Legout, C ^e  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b VERIMAG   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CRYOSPHERE; FREEZING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; WARMING; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC; SIBERIA;

EID: 84859392814     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-407-2012     Document Type: Article

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