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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1591-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1591-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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25 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 25 Jul 2016
Effects of stratified active layers on high-altitude permafrost warming: a case study on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Xicai Pan
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11
Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5, Canada
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11
Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5, Canada
Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering, Cold and Arid Regions
Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Donggang West Road 320, Lanzhou, 730000, China
Xiaogang Shi
CSIRO Land and Water, Christian Laboratory, Clunies Ross Street, Black
Mountain, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2601, Australia
Daqing Yang
National Hydrology Research Centre, Environment Canada, 11 Innovation
Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5, Canada
Kurt Roth
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Im
Neuenheimer Feld 229, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Short summary
Using a 9-year dataset in conjunction with a process-based model, we verify that the common assumption of a considerably smaller thermal conductivity in the thawed season than the frozen season is not valid at a site with a stratified active layer on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). The unique hydraulic and thermal mechanism in the active layer challenges the concept of thermal offset used in conceptual permafrost models and hints at the reason for rapid permafrost warming on the QTP.
Using a 9-year dataset in conjunction with a process-based model, we verify that the common...
