Permafrost modelling over different scales in arctic and high-mountain environments

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Author: Gisnås, Kjersti
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Gisnås; Norway; Climate change; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/51037; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-54520

Permafrost is present in several parts of Norway and contributes to binding mountain rock walls together, as well as storing potential greenhouse gasses as organic carbon in mires. Global climate changes influence the ground temperatures, and as a result the permafrost will thaw in some areas. This...