Influence of winter grazing on water and heat flow in seasonally frozen soil of Inner Mongolia

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Y ^a,b   Huang, M ^a   Peth, S ^b   Horn, R ^b   Horton, R ^c   Liu, F ^d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; FROZEN SOILS; INFILTRATION; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; THAWING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FREEZING THAWING CYCLES; HEAT-FLOW; INNER MONGOLIA; SNOW MELT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL THAWING; SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY; SURFACE HYDROLOGY; THAWING PROCESS; WATER FLOWS;

SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FREEZING; HEAT FLOW; INFILTRATION; SEASONALITY; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER BUDGET; WINTER;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84874399356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0059     Document Type: Article

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