Discussion on 'Active Layer Thickness Prediction on the Western Antarctic Peninsula' by Wilhelm et al. (2015)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F17%3A10328599" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/17:10328599 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp.1888/full" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp.1888/full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1888" target="_blank" >10.1002/ppp.1888</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Discussion on 'Active Layer Thickness Prediction on the Western Antarctic Peninsula' by Wilhelm et al. (2015)
Original language description
Wilhelm et al. (2015) employed the widely used Stefan and Kudryavtsev equations to predict the maximum active-layer thickness (ALT) on Amsler Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Their predictions far exceed the observations of ALT reported from other parts of the region. Here, I demonstrate that the values of ALT are significantly overestimated by the predictive equations because the authors incorrectly assumed that little or no latent heat of phase change is absorbed during thawing. Although the area is the warmest in the Antarctic Peninsula region, with a rapid increase in air temperature and permafrost temperatures close to 0 oC, the active layer is likely to be substantially thinner than values predicted by Wilhelm et al. (2015).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10508 - Physical geography
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
ISSN
1045-6740
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
28
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
493-498
UT code for WoS article
000398850500012
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84959017780