Permafrost model sensitivity to seasonal climatic changes and extreme events in mountainous regions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Marmy, A ^a   Salzmann, N ^a   Scherler, M ^a   Hauck, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

climate change; climate extreme; permafrost modelling; seasonal changes; snow cover duration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE EXTREMES; MOUNTAIN PERMAFROSTS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; PERMAFROST MODELING; PERMAFROST MODELLING; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SEASONAL CHANGES; SNOW COVER DURATIONS;

PERMAFROST;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EXTREME EVENT; MOUNTAIN; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84885665651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035048     Document Type: Article

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