Thermal processes of thermokarst lakes in the continuous permafrost zone of northern Siberia - observations and modeling (Lena River Delta, Siberia)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 5941-5965

  Boike, J ^a   Georgi, C ^a   Kirilin, G ^b   Muster, S ^a   Abramova, K ^c   Fedorova, I ^d,e,f   Chetverova, A ^d,e   Grigoriev, M ^g   Bornemann, N ^a   Langer, M ^a,h  

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

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c Lena Delta State Reserve   (Russian Federation)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g MELNIKOV PERMAFROST INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^h LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HEAT FLUX; HOLOCENE; ICE BREAKUP; ICE COVER; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOKARST; WATER COLUMN; WATER LEVEL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SIBERIA;

EID: 84945308950     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-5941-2015     Document Type: Article

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