Permafrost landscapes in transition - towards modeling interactions, thresholds and feedbacks related to ice-rich ground

• Main Authors: Westermann, S., Langer, Moritz, Lee, H., Berntsen, T., Boike, Julia, Krinner, G., Aalstad, K., Schanke Aas, K., Peter, M., Heikenfeld, M., Etzelmüller, B.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Ice; lena river; permafrost; Thermokarst; Siberia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/43318/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49779

Thawing of permafrost is governed by a complex interplay of different processes, of which only conductive heat transfer is taken into account in most model studies. However, heat conduction alone can not account for the dynamical evolution of many permafrost landscapes, e.g. in areas rich in ground...