A projection of permafrost degradation on the Tibetan Plateau during the 21st century

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Guo, Donglin ^a,b   Wang, Huijun ^a,c   Li, Duo ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DEGRADATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RUNOFF; SOLVENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE WARMING; COMMUNITY LAND MODELS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; EXPLICIT TREATMENTS; GROUND ICE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NEAR-SURFACE; PERMAFROST AREA; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SOIL LAYER; SOIL PROCESS; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF; SURFACE RUNOFFS; THEORETICAL PHYSICS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

PERMAFROST;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DEGRADATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FROZEN GROUND; GREENHOUSE GAS; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SOIL HORIZON; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84863282368     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016545     Document Type: Article

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