Changes of soil thermal regimes in the Heihe River Basin over Western China

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-241

  Wang, Qingfeng ^a   Zhang, Tingjun ^b   Peng, Xiaoqing ^b   Cao, Bin ^b   Wu, Qingbai ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROZEN GROUND; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL REGIME; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84930401697     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: 19384246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/AAAR00C-14-012     Document Type: Article

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