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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
10023
World Ranking
7430
National Ranking
2534

Best Publications

  • OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE OF RECENT CHANGE IN THE NORTHERN HIGH-LATITUDE ENVIRONMENT

    M. C. Serreze;J. E. Walsh;F. S. Chapin;T. Osterkamp

  • The effect of permafrost thaw on old carbon release and net carbon exchange from tundra

    Edward A. G. Schuur;Jason G. Vogel;Kathryn G. Crummer;Hanna Lee

  • Evidence for warming and thawing of discontinuous permafrost in Alaska

    T. E. Osterkamp;V. E. Romanovsky

  • Effects of unfrozen water on heat and mass transport processes in the active layer and permafrost.

    V. E. Romanovsky;T. E. Osterkamp

  • The role of snow cover in the warming of arctic permafrost

    Marc Stieglitz;S. J. Déry;V. E. Romanovsky;T. E. Osterkamp

  • Response of boreal ecosystems to varying modes of permafrost degradation

    Unknown

  • Interannual variations of the thermal regime of the active layer and near‐surface permafrost in northern Alaska

    V. E. Romanovsky;T. E. Osterkamp

  • Characteristics of the recent warming of permafrost in Alaska

    Unknown

  • Freezing of the Active Layer on the Coastal Plain of the Alaskan Arctic

    T. E. Osterkamp;V. E. Romanovsky

  • Physical and ecological changes associated with warming permafrost and thermokarst in Interior Alaska

    T. E. Osterkamp;M. T. Jorgenson;E. A. G. Schuur;Y. L. Shur

  • Observations of Thermokarst and Its Impact on Boreal Forests in Alaska, U.S.A.

    T. E. Osterkamp;L. Viereck;Y. Shur;M. T. Jorgenson

  • Effects of Climate on the Active Layer and Permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska, U.S.A.

    T. Zhang;T. E. Osterkamp;K. Stamnes

  • The recent warming of permafrost in Alaska

    Unknown

  • Thawing of the Active Layer on the Coastal Plain of the Alaskan Arctic

    Unknown

  • Influence of the depth hoar layer of the seasonal snow cover on the ground thermal regime

    T. Zhang;T. E. Osterkamp;K. Stamnes

  • Estimates of permafrost thickness from well logs in northern Alaska

    Unknown

  • Some characteristics of the climate in northern Alaska, U.S.A.

    T. Zhang;T.E. Osterkamp;K. Stamnes

  • The migration of liquid inclusions in single ice crystals

    Unknown

  • Characteristics of Changing Permafrost Temperatures in the Alaskan Arctic, U.S.A.

    T. E. Osterkamp;V. E. Romanovsky

  • Variations in permafrost thickness in response to changes in paleoclimate

    Unknown

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