Discussion on ‘Active Layer Thickness Prediction on the Western Antarctic Peninsula’ by Wilhelm et al. (2015)

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 493-498

  Uxa, Tomáš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

active layer thickness; Antarctic Peninsula; Kudryavtsev equation; permafrost; Stefan equation; thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84959017780     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1888     Document Type: Article

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