Thermokarst lake, hydrological flow and water balance indicators of permafrost change in Western Siberia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 464-465, Issue , 2012, Pages 459-466

  Karlsson, Johanna Mård ^a   Lyon, Steve W ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catchments; Climate change; Hydrological cycles and budgets; Permafrost; Thermokarst lakes; Water storage change

Indexed keywords

DATA AVAILABILITY; DATA RECORDS; GROUND ICE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL EFFECTS; REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; SIBERIA; SUBBASINS; SUBSURFACE WATERS; THERMOKARST LAKES; WATER BALANCE; WATER FLOWS; WATER STORAGE; WESTERN SIBERIA;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; THAWING; WATERSHEDS;

LAKES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOREAL FOREST; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KARST HYDROLOGY; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; THAWING; THERMOKARST; TUNDRA; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WATER STORAGE;

NADYM BASIN; PUR BASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; YAMALO-NENETS;

EID: 84866181442     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.07.037     Document Type: Article

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