Identifying multiscale zonation and assessing the relative importance of polygon geomorphology on carbon fluxes in an Arctic tundra ecosystem

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 788-808

  Wainwright, Haruko M ^a   Dafflon, Baptiste ^a   Smith, Lydia J ^b   Hahn, Melanie S ^c   Curtis, John B ^a   Wu, Yuxin ^a   Ulrich, Craig ^a   Peterson, John E ^a   Torn, Margaret S ^a   Hubbard, Susan S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon flux; geophysics; permafrost; polygonal ground; remote sensing; zonation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON FLUX; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; POLYGON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TUNDRA; ZONATION;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027945239     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002799     Document Type: Article

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