Incorporation of a two-direction freeze-thaw algorithm into a spatially-distributed hydrologic model

• Main Authors: Bolton, W. R., Boike, Julia
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Handle The; Bayelva; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/16751/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.26594

In the arctic environment, the active layer (the thin layer of the soil above the permafrost, which annually thaws and freezes) is the zone where most hydrologic, biologic, ecologic, and geomorphic processes occur. The active layer is a dynamic region where soil properties (both hydraulic and therma...