| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| School or College |
College of Mines & Earth Sciences |
| Department |
Geology & Geophysics |
| Creator |
Chapman, David S.; Harris, Robert N. |
| Other Author |
Bartlett, Marshall G. |
| Title |
Snow and the ground temperature record of climate change |
| Date |
2002 |
| Description |
Borehole temperature-depth profiles contain a record of surface ground temperature (SGT) changes with time and complement surface air temperature (SAT) analysis to infer climate change over multiple centuries. Ground temperatures are generally warmer than air temperatures due to solar radiation effects in the summer and the insulating effect of snow cover during the winter. The low thermal diffusivity of snow damps surface temperature variations; snow effectively acts as an insulator of the ground during the coldest part of the year. |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
| Subject |
Snow cover; Snow modeling; land/atmosphere interactions; Borehole climate reconstructions; Surface air temperature; Ground surface temperature; Borehole temperatures; Geothermal observations; Heat transfer |
| Subject LCSH |
Snow; Climatic changes; Global warming; Earth temperature; Meteorology -- Observations |
| Language |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
Bartlett, M. G., Chapman, D. S., & Harris, R. N. (2002). Snow and the ground temperature record of climate change. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, F04008. |
| Rights Management |
Bartlett, M. G., Chapman, D. S., & Harris, R. N., Snow and the ground temperature record of climate change, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, F04008, 2002. Copyright 2002 American Geophysical Union. Reproduced/modified by permission of American Geophysical Union. |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
897,432 bytes |
| Identifier |
ir-main,1652 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s64m9p4f |
| Setname |
ir_uspace |
| ID |
706686 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64m9p4f |
