Spatial modelling of the temperature at the top of Permafrost in Cierva Point (Antarctic Peninsula)

• Main Author: Ramos Marín, Sara
• Other Authors: Vieira, Gonçalo, Goyanes, Gabriel
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Permafrost; Active layer; Temperature regime; Western Antarctic Peninsula; TTOP; Geografia; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cierva; Cierva Point; Danco; Danco Coast; Active layer monitoring; Active layer temperature; Antarc*; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36229

The Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) has shown complex reactions to climate change in the last decades. To evaluate the changes occurring in these environments, permafrost and active layer monitoring and modelling are essential. In this dissertation, the characteristics of the ground temperature re...