The importance of soil moisture for permafrost modeling

• Main Authors: Zwieback, S., Westermann, S., Langer, Moritz, Boike, Julia, Marsh, P., Berg, A. A.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Canada; Trail Valley Creek; Valley Creek; permafrost; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/49070/; https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/379589; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.3c7c99ea-245f-4212-b6db-e253e2242b24

Soil temperatures are closely coupled with soil moisture in permafrost environments. However, dynamic changes in soil moisture have not been given much attention in permafrost modeling, e.g. in long-term predictions. We illustrate the importance of surface soil moisture for permafrost modeling using...