Snow and the ground temperature record of climate change

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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.
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