On the appropriate definition of soil profile configuration and initial conditions for land surface–hydrology models in cold regions

• Published in: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: Sapriza-Azuri, Gonzalo, Gamazo, Pablo, Razavi, Saman, Wheater, Howard S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Norman Wells; Northwest Territories; Climate change; Global warming; permafrost; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3295-2018; https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/22/3295/2018/

Arctic and subarctic regions are amongst the most susceptible regions on Earth to global warming and climate change. Understanding and predicting the impact of climate change in these regions require a proper process representation of the interactions between climate, carbon cycle, and hydrology in...