Sensitivity of active-layer freezing process to snow cover in Arctic Alaska

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Y. Yi, J. S. Kimball, R. H. Chen, M. Moghaddam, C. E. Miller
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: envir; geo; Arctic; Merra; Alaska North Slope; north slope; permafrost; The Cryosphere; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-197-2019; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/197/2019/tc-13-197-2019.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/96ec022f6c9e4b90bfe9e63925fc3879

The contribution of cold-season soil respiration to the Arctic–boreal carbon cycle and its potential feedback to the global climate remain poorly quantified, partly due to a poor understanding of changes in the soil thermal regime and liquid water content during the soil-freezing process. Here, we c...