Permafrost Hydrology

• Main Author: Woo, Ming-ko (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Physical geography.; Climate change.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Earth Sciences.; Climate Change.; Physical Geography.; Soil Science & Conservation.

Permafrost Hydrology systematically elucidates the roles of seasonally and perennially frozen ground on the distribution, storage and flow of water. Cold regions of the World are subject to mounting development which significantly affects the physical environment. Climate change, natural or human-in...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction – background to permafrost hydrology
• Basic principles – definitions, frozen ground and hydrologic processes
• Groundwater in permafrost terrain
• Active layer dynamics
• Runoff
• Catchment behaviour
• Channel hydrology
• Water balance
• Climate change and permafrost hydrology.