Active-layer thermal monitoring on the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, maritime Antarctica

Solid Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1361-1374

  Michel, R F M ^a   Schaefer, C E G R ^b   Simas, F M B ^b   Francelino, M R ^b   Fernandes Filho, E I ^b   Lyra, G B ^c   Bockheim, J G ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMAFROST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE MODELS; DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; MARITIME ANTARCTICA; MONITORING SITES; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DATA; THERMAL MONITORING; THERMAL REGIMES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL REGIME;

ANTARCTICA; FILDES PENINSULA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84919773676     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-5-1361-2014     Document Type: Article

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