Forest decline caused by high soil water conditions in a permafrost region

• Published in: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: Iwasaki, H., Saito, H., Kuwao, K., Maximov, T. C., Hasegawa, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: 653; Browning; Yakutsk; permafrost; taiga; Siberia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/47772; https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-301-2010

In the permafrost region near Yakutsk, eastern Siberia, Russia, annual precipitation (June-May) in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 exceeded the 26-year (1982-2008) mean of 222±68mm by 185mm and 128 mm, respectively, whereas in 2007-2008 the excedent was only 48 mm, well within the range of variability. Yell...