Statistical modelling of mountain permafrost distribution—local calibration and incorporation of remotely sensed data. Permafrost and

• Main Authors: Stephan Gruber, Martin Hoelzle, John Wiley
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Thumb; permafrost
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.545.9515; http://www.geo.unizh.ch/~hoelzle/gruberandhoelzle2001.pdf

Field mapping of mountain permafrost is laborious and is generally based on interpolation between point information. A spatial model that is based on elevation and a parameterization of solar radiation during summer is presented here. It allows estimation of permafrost distribution and can be calibr...