The role of permafrost in water exchange of a black spruce forest in Interior Alaska

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 107-115

  Iwata, Hiroki ^a   Harazono, Yoshinobu ^a,b   Ueyama, Masahito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Energy balance; Evapotranspiration; Seasonal freeze thaw cycle; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GROWING SEASON; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PERCOLATION; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SENESCENCE; SNOWMELT; SOIL DEPTH; THAWING; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER RESOURCE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84859919745     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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