A stochastic model for the polygonal tundra based on Poisson-Voronoi diagrams

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-198

  Cresto Aleina, F ^a,b   Brovkin, V ^b   Muster, S ^c   Boike, J ^c   Kutzbach, L ^d   Sachs, T ^e   Zuyev, S ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^f CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; METHANE EMISSIONS; POLYGONAL TUNDRAS; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; SMALL-SCALE PROCESS; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; WATER TABLE VARIATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; METHANE; SOLVENTS;

LANDFORMS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYGON; STOCHASTICITY; TOPOGRAPHY; TUNDRA;

EID: 84893468938     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-4-187-2013     Document Type: Article

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