Effect of snow cover on pan-Arctic permafrost thermal regimes

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2873-2895

  Park, Hotaek ^a   Fedorov, Alexander N ^b,d   Zheleznyak, Mikhail N ^b   Konstantinov, Pavel Y ^b   Walsh, John E ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MELNIKOV PERMAFROST INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d NORTH EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Active layer thickness; Arctic climate; Land surface model; Permafrost extent; Snow depth; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925496932     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2356-5     Document Type: Article

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