An observational 71-year history of seasonally frozen ground changes in the Eurasian high latitudes

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Frauenfeld, Oliver W ^a   Zhang, Tingjun ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eurasia; Frozen ground

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZING; FROZEN SOILS; SEA ICE; SNOW; SOIL MECHANICS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EURASIA; FROZEN GROUND; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

SOILS;

EID: 84998723929     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/044024     Document Type: Review

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