Controls on recent Alaskan lake changes identified from water isotopes and remote sensing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3413-3418

  Anderson, Lesleigh ^a   Birks, Jean ^b   Rover, Jennifer ^c   Guldager, Nikki ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

discontinuous permafrost; lakes; stable isotopes; sub Arctic; surface water; water balance

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUB-ARCTIC; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION; WATER BALANCE;

EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; PERMAFROST; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE WATERS;

LAKES;

EVAPORATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER WATER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOWMELT; SURFACE AREA; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATERFOWL;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YUKON FLATS;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 84880015098     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50672     Document Type: Article

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