ESTIMATE OF THE HEAT-INSULATING ROLE OF THE SOIL COVER IN CENTRAL YAKUTIA
S. P. Varlamov
Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS,
677010, Yakutsk, Merzlotnaya str., 1, Russia
Keywords: Soil cover, snow cover, temperature, insulating effect
Pages: 54-59
Abstract
The data of long-term field experiments on the effect of snow and soil covers on the soil thermal regime in various landscapes of Central Yakutia have been presented. The insulating effect of snow cover has been estimated taking into account the snow accumulation dynamics, the peculiarities of underlying vegetation and the degree of soil surface moistening. The greatest warming effect of snow cover is on the ice surface of lakes (a wintertime average is 23-26
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