Small-scale variation of snow in a regional permafrost model
The strong winds prevalent in high altitude and arctic environments heavily redistribute the snow cover, causing a small-scale pattern of highly variable snow depths. This has profound implications for the ground thermal regime, resulting in highly variable near-surface ground temperatures on the me...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-06-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/1201/2016/tc-10-1201-2016.pdf |