Permafrost distribution modeling and depth estimation in the Western Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 318-327

  Nan, Zhuotong ^a,b   Huang, Peipei ^a   Zhao, Lin ^a  

^a CAS ^*  (China)

^b CAREERIICAS   (China)

Author keywords

Extended frost number model; Permafrost; Permafrost depth; Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84875795039     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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