Effects of excess ground ice on projections of permafrost in a warming climate

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Hanna ^a,b   Swenson, Sean C ^c   Slater, Andrew G ^d   Lawrence, David M ^c  

^a Uni Research Climate   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d National Snow and Ice Data Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Land Model; Earth system model development; thermokarst

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOISTURE; PERMAFROST; POROSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; THAWING;

COMMUNITY LAND MODELS; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; PERMAFROST THAWS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SURFACE SUBSIDENCE; THERMOKARST;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROZEN GROUND; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MAPPING METHOD; PERMAFROST; POROSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WARMING;

EID: 84919608967     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/124006     Document Type: Article

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