Linking tundra vegetation, snow, soil temperature, and permafrost

• Main Authors: Grünberg, Inge, Wilcox, Evan J., Zwieback, Simon, Marsh, Philip, Boike, Julia
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Trail Valley Creek; Valley Creek; Active layer thickness; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2020-88; https://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/bg-2020-88/

Soil temperatures in permafrost regions are highly heterogeneous on small scales, in part due to variable snow and vegetation cover. Moreover, the temperature distribution that results from the interplay of complex biophysical processes remains poorly constrained. Sixty-eight temperature loggers wer...