Snow properties at the forest–tundra ecotone: predominance of water vapor fluxes even in deep, moderately cold snowpacks

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Lackner, Georg, Domine, Florent, Nadeau, Daniel, Lafaysse, Matthieu, Dumont, Marie
• Other Authors: Takuvik Joint International Laboratory ULAVAL-CNRS, Université Laval Québec (ULaval)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Umiujaq; Subarctic; The Cryosphere; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03870778; https://hal.science/hal-03870778/document; https://hal.science/hal-03870778/file/144-LacknerTC2022.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3357-2022

International audience The forest–tundra ecotone is a large circumpolar transition zone between the Arctic tundra and the boreal forest, where snow properties are spatially variable due to changing vegetation. The extent of this biome through all circumpolar regions influences the climate. In the fo...