Diagnostic and model dependent uncertainty of simulated Tibetan permafrost area

Cryosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 287-306

  Wang, W ^a   Rinke, A ^a,b   Moore, J C ^a   Cui, X ^a   Ji, D ^a   Li, Q ^c   Zhang, N ^c   Wang, C ^d   Zhang, S ^e   Lawrence, D M ^f   McGuire, A D ^g   Zhang, W ^h   Delire, C ⁱ   Koven, C ^j   Saito, K ^k   MacDougall, A ^l   Burke, E ^m   Decharme, B ⁱ  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^j LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^l UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^m MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FROST; LAND SURFACE; MODEL TEST; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84957596169     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-287-2016     Document Type: Article

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