Responses of Boreal Forest Ecosystems and Permafrost to Climate Change and Disturbances: A Modeling Perspective
The north circumpolar region contains a large amount of carbon. This carbon storage is vulnerable due to permafrost degradation and wildfire disturbances under ongoing and projected climate change. Climate warming and wildfires change soil organic horizon
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Arctic Hydrology, Permafrost and Ecosystems
Arctic Hydrology, Permafrost and Ecosystems
Daqing Yang • Douglas L. Kane Editors
Arctic Hydrology, Permafrost and Ecosystems
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Editors Daqing Yang Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division Water Science and Technology Directorate Victoria, BC, Canada
Douglas L. Kane Water and Environmental Research Center Institute of Northern Engineering University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-50928-6 ISBN 978-3-030-50930-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50930-9
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Preface
The Arctic is an integrated system (physical, biological, and chemical) with its elements closely linked by its atmosphere, ocean, and land. The Arctic system has experienced significant changes over the past several decades. To better understand the changes, causes, and consequences, it is important to regularly review and update the research progress of the Arctic system science. This book, drawing on the most recent research results across the circumpolar regions, provides a comprehensive, up-to-date assessment of the key terrestrial components of the Arctic system, i.e., hydrology, permafrost, and ecology. The chapters written by the leading (invited) scholars carefully examine Arctic climate variability/change, large river hydrology, lakes and wetlands, snow cover and ice processes, permafrost characteristics, vegetation/landscape changes, and the future trajectory of Arctic system evolution. The discussions cover the fundamental features and processes of the Arctic system, with a special focus on the critical knowledge gaps, i.e., the interactions and fee
