Simulation of permafrost and seasonally frozen ground conditions on the Tibetan Plateau, 1981-2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5216-5230

  Guo, Donglin ^a,b   Wang, Huijun ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

climate warming; permafrost; seasonally frozen ground; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZING; SOILS;

CLIMATE WARMING; COMMUNITY LAND MODELS; HIGH-RESOLUTION DATUM; SCALE MISMATCHES; SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

PERMAFROST;

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; RESOLUTION; SEASONALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84880312353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50457     Document Type: Article

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