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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Yi, Yonghong, Kimball, John S, Chen, Richard H., Moghaddam, Mahta, Miller, Charles E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks at University of Montana 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Merra; Alaska North Slope; north slope; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ntsg_pubs/409; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-197-2019; https://scholarworks.umt.edu/context/ntsg_pubs/article/1409/viewcontent/Yi_Cryosphere_2019.pdf; https://scholarworks.umt.edu/context/ntsg_pubs/article/1409/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/tc_13_197_2019_supplement.pdf

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...