Evaluation of the basal temperature of snow (BTS) method to map permafrost in complex mountainous terrain, Wolf Creek, Yukon Territory

This study is the first known attempt in North America to use the basal temperature of snow (BTS) method to predict the distribution of mountain permafrost. The study site, Wolf Creek Research Basin, Yukon Territory (60°30'N, 135°13'W), is a 195 km2 basin ranging in elevati...

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Main Author: Ednie, Mark
Other Authors: Lewkowicz, Antoni
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26478
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-9646