Climate Cold Regions

20. ABSTRACT ~ BIll,.".,. al6 II ~ "-lderttllT by block number) The Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed is a small (1 01.5-km2) drainage basin located 48 km northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. Elevations wit!lin the watershed range from 210 to 826 m, and approximately 28 % of its area is u...

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Main Authors: R. K. Haugen, C. W. Slaughter, K. E. Howe, S. L. Dingman, Watershed Alaska
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1982
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.637.3584
http://www.lter.uaf.edu/pdf/29_Haugen_Slaughter_1982.pdf
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Summary:20. ABSTRACT ~ BIll,.".,. al6 II ~ "-lderttllT by block number) The Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed is a small (1 01.5-km2) drainage basin located 48 km northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. Elevations wit!lin the watershed range from 210 to 826 m, and approximately 28 % of its area is underlain by permafrost. Climatic differences between the watershed and Fairbanks are primarily due to the higher elevation of the watershed. Generally the watershed climatic sites are warmer in winter and cooler in summer than