Climatic Relationships of Permafrost Zones in Areas of Low Winter Snow-Cover

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Harris, Stuart A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1981
• Subjects: Atmospheric temperature; Effects of climate on permafrost; Permafrost; Seasonal variations; Snow cover; Spatial distribution; Thawing; Treeline; Alberta; N.W.T; Nunavut; Canada; Norway; Plateau Mountain; Arctic; Ice; Iceland; permafrost; Spitzbergen
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65559

In areas with under 50 cm snow cover in winter, the permafrost zones show diagnostic long term freezing indices and thawing indices. The warmer boundary of the zone of continuous permafrost traverses the mean annual air temperature (MAAT). The boundary between discontinuous and sporadic permafrost l...