Articles | Volume 10, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2241-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2241-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
27 Sep 2016
Research article |
| 27 Sep 2016
Modeling the spatiotemporal variability in subsurface thermal regimes across a low-relief polygonal tundra landscape
Jitendra Kumar
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Nathan Collier
Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Gautam Bisht
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Richard T. Mills
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, USA
Peter E. Thornton
Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Colleen M. Iversen
Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Vladimir Romanovsky
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK, USA
Viewed
Total article views: 3,971 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 17 Feb 2016)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,172 | 1,629 | 170 | 3,971 | 154 | 179 |
- HTML: 2,172
- PDF: 1,629
- XML: 170
- Total: 3,971
- BibTeX: 154
- EndNote: 179
Total article views: 3,089 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 27 Sep 2016)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,691 | 1,234 | 164 | 3,089 | 148 | 170 |
- HTML: 1,691
- PDF: 1,234
- XML: 164
- Total: 3,089
- BibTeX: 148
- EndNote: 170
Total article views: 882 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 17 Feb 2016)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481 | 395 | 6 | 882 | 6 | 9 |
- HTML: 481
- PDF: 395
- XML: 6
- Total: 882
- BibTeX: 6
- EndNote: 9
Cited
30 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Observation and modelling of snow at a polygonal tundra permafrost site: spatial variability and thermal implications I. Gouttevin et al. 10.5194/tc-12-3693-2018
- An intermediate-scale model for thermal hydrology in low-relief permafrost-affected landscapes A. Jan et al. 10.1007/s10596-017-9679-3
- Mathematical Modelling of Arctic Polygonal Tundra with Ecosys: 2. Microtopography Determines How CO2 and CH4 Exchange Responds to Changes in Temperature and Precipitation R. Grant et al. 10.1002/2017JG004037
- Guidelines for cold‐regions groundwater numerical modeling P. Lamontagne‐Hallé et al. 10.1002/wat2.1467
- Permafrost variability over the Northern Hemisphere based on the MERRA-2 reanalysis J. Tao et al. 10.5194/tc-13-2087-2019
- Integrated Hydrologic Modelling of Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions in Cold Regions X. Yang et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.721009
- Modeling the spatiotemporal variability in subsurface thermal regimes across a low-relief polygonal tundra landscape J. Kumar et al. 10.5194/tc-10-2241-2016
- Pathways of ice-wedge degradation in polygonal tundra under different hydrological conditions J. Nitzbon et al. 10.5194/tc-13-1089-2019
- Investigating the sensitivity of soil heterotrophic respiration to recent snow cover changes in Alaska using a satellite-based permafrost carbon model Y. Yi et al. 10.5194/bg-17-5861-2020
- Mechanistic Modeling of Microtopographic Impacts on CO2 and CH4 Fluxes in an Alaskan Tundra Ecosystem Using the CLM‐Microbe Model Y. Wang et al. 10.1029/2019MS001771
- Mathematical Modelling of Arctic Polygonal Tundra with Ecosys: 1. Microtopography Determines How Active Layer Depths Respond to Changes in Temperature and Precipitation R. Grant et al. 10.1002/2017JG004035
- Modeling Climate Change Impacts on an Arctic Polygonal Tundra: 1. Rates of Permafrost Thaw Depend on Changes in Vegetation and Drainage R. Grant et al. 10.1029/2018JG004644
- Evaluation of the Geomorphon Approach for Extracting Troughs in Polygonal Patterned Ground Across Different Permafrost Environments A. Wen et al. 10.3390/rs17061040
- A numerical study of process complexity in permafrost dominated regions R. Lakshmiprasad et al. 10.1016/j.coldregions.2024.104399
- Evaluating temporal controls on greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in an Arctic tundra environment: An entropy-based approach B. Arora et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.251
- Thaw processes in ice-rich permafrost landscapes represented with laterally coupled tiles in a land surface model K. Aas et al. 10.5194/tc-13-591-2019
- Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure – bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales T. Schneider von Deimling et al. 10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021
- Modeling Aspect‐Controlled Evolution of Ground Thermal Regimes on Montane Hillslopes M. Rush et al. 10.1029/2021JF006126
- Influence of Snowpack Cold Content on Seasonally Frozen Ground and Its Hydrologic Consequences: A Case Study From Niwot Ridge, CO M. Rush & H. Rajaram 10.1029/2021WR031911
- Genomic insights into redox-driven microbial processes for carbon decomposition in thawing Arctic soils and permafrost Y. Li et al. 10.1128/msphere.00259-24
- Explicitly modelling microtopography in permafrost landscapes in a land surface model (JULES vn5.4_microtopography) N. Smith et al. 10.5194/gmd-15-3603-2022
- Assessment of the Ice Wedge Polygon Current State by Means of UAV Imagery Analysis (Samoylov Island, the Lena Delta) A. Kartoziia 10.3390/rs11131627
- Modeling Climate Change Impacts on an Arctic Polygonal Tundra: 2. Changes in CO2 and CH4 Exchange Depend on Rates of Permafrost Thaw as Affected by Changes in Vegetation and Drainage R. Grant et al. 10.1029/2018JG004645
- Evaluating integrated surface/subsurface permafrost thermal hydrology models in ATS (v0.88) against observations from a polygonal tundra site A. Jan et al. 10.5194/gmd-13-2259-2020
- Numerical Assessments of Excess Ice Impacts on Permafrost and Greenhouse Gases in a Siberian Tundra Site Under a Warming Climate H. Park et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.704447
- Coupling a three-dimensional subsurface flow and transport model with a land surface model to simulate stream–aquifer–land interactions (CP v1.0) G. Bisht et al. 10.5194/gmd-10-4539-2017
- Quantifying the fate of biogenic elements in mangrove aquifers: Insights from reactive transport modeling under saltwater-freshwater mixing K. Peng et al. 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123381
- Development and Verification of a Numerical Library for Solving Global Terrestrial Multiphysics Problems G. Bisht & W. Riley 10.1029/2018MS001560
- Impacts of microtopographic snow redistribution and lateral subsurface processes on hydrologic and thermal states in an Arctic polygonal ground ecosystem: a case study using ELM-3D v1.0 G. Bisht et al. 10.5194/gmd-11-61-2018
- Mapping Arctic Plant Functional Type Distributions in the Barrow Environmental Observatory Using WorldView-2 and LiDAR Datasets Z. Langford et al. 10.3390/rs8090733
29 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Observation and modelling of snow at a polygonal tundra permafrost site: spatial variability and thermal implications I. Gouttevin et al. 10.5194/tc-12-3693-2018
- An intermediate-scale model for thermal hydrology in low-relief permafrost-affected landscapes A. Jan et al. 10.1007/s10596-017-9679-3
- Mathematical Modelling of Arctic Polygonal Tundra with Ecosys: 2. Microtopography Determines How CO2 and CH4 Exchange Responds to Changes in Temperature and Precipitation R. Grant et al. 10.1002/2017JG004037
- Guidelines for cold‐regions groundwater numerical modeling P. Lamontagne‐Hallé et al. 10.1002/wat2.1467
- Permafrost variability over the Northern Hemisphere based on the MERRA-2 reanalysis J. Tao et al. 10.5194/tc-13-2087-2019
- Integrated Hydrologic Modelling of Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions in Cold Regions X. Yang et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.721009
- Modeling the spatiotemporal variability in subsurface thermal regimes across a low-relief polygonal tundra landscape J. Kumar et al. 10.5194/tc-10-2241-2016
- Pathways of ice-wedge degradation in polygonal tundra under different hydrological conditions J. Nitzbon et al. 10.5194/tc-13-1089-2019
- Investigating the sensitivity of soil heterotrophic respiration to recent snow cover changes in Alaska using a satellite-based permafrost carbon model Y. Yi et al. 10.5194/bg-17-5861-2020
- Mechanistic Modeling of Microtopographic Impacts on CO2 and CH4 Fluxes in an Alaskan Tundra Ecosystem Using the CLM‐Microbe Model Y. Wang et al. 10.1029/2019MS001771
- Mathematical Modelling of Arctic Polygonal Tundra with Ecosys: 1. Microtopography Determines How Active Layer Depths Respond to Changes in Temperature and Precipitation R. Grant et al. 10.1002/2017JG004035
- Modeling Climate Change Impacts on an Arctic Polygonal Tundra: 1. Rates of Permafrost Thaw Depend on Changes in Vegetation and Drainage R. Grant et al. 10.1029/2018JG004644
- Evaluation of the Geomorphon Approach for Extracting Troughs in Polygonal Patterned Ground Across Different Permafrost Environments A. Wen et al. 10.3390/rs17061040
- A numerical study of process complexity in permafrost dominated regions R. Lakshmiprasad et al. 10.1016/j.coldregions.2024.104399
- Evaluating temporal controls on greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in an Arctic tundra environment: An entropy-based approach B. Arora et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.251
- Thaw processes in ice-rich permafrost landscapes represented with laterally coupled tiles in a land surface model K. Aas et al. 10.5194/tc-13-591-2019
- Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure – bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales T. Schneider von Deimling et al. 10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021
- Modeling Aspect‐Controlled Evolution of Ground Thermal Regimes on Montane Hillslopes M. Rush et al. 10.1029/2021JF006126
- Influence of Snowpack Cold Content on Seasonally Frozen Ground and Its Hydrologic Consequences: A Case Study From Niwot Ridge, CO M. Rush & H. Rajaram 10.1029/2021WR031911
- Genomic insights into redox-driven microbial processes for carbon decomposition in thawing Arctic soils and permafrost Y. Li et al. 10.1128/msphere.00259-24
- Explicitly modelling microtopography in permafrost landscapes in a land surface model (JULES vn5.4_microtopography) N. Smith et al. 10.5194/gmd-15-3603-2022
- Assessment of the Ice Wedge Polygon Current State by Means of UAV Imagery Analysis (Samoylov Island, the Lena Delta) A. Kartoziia 10.3390/rs11131627
- Modeling Climate Change Impacts on an Arctic Polygonal Tundra: 2. Changes in CO2 and CH4 Exchange Depend on Rates of Permafrost Thaw as Affected by Changes in Vegetation and Drainage R. Grant et al. 10.1029/2018JG004645
- Evaluating integrated surface/subsurface permafrost thermal hydrology models in ATS (v0.88) against observations from a polygonal tundra site A. Jan et al. 10.5194/gmd-13-2259-2020
- Numerical Assessments of Excess Ice Impacts on Permafrost and Greenhouse Gases in a Siberian Tundra Site Under a Warming Climate H. Park et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.704447
- Coupling a three-dimensional subsurface flow and transport model with a land surface model to simulate stream–aquifer–land interactions (CP v1.0) G. Bisht et al. 10.5194/gmd-10-4539-2017
- Quantifying the fate of biogenic elements in mangrove aquifers: Insights from reactive transport modeling under saltwater-freshwater mixing K. Peng et al. 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123381
- Development and Verification of a Numerical Library for Solving Global Terrestrial Multiphysics Problems G. Bisht & W. Riley 10.1029/2018MS001560
- Impacts of microtopographic snow redistribution and lateral subsurface processes on hydrologic and thermal states in an Arctic polygonal ground ecosystem: a case study using ELM-3D v1.0 G. Bisht et al. 10.5194/gmd-11-61-2018
Saved (preprint)
Discussed (final revised paper)
Discussed (preprint)
Latest update: 02 Apr 2025
Short summary
Microtopography of the low-gradient polygonal tundra plays a critical role in these ecosystem; however, patterns and drivers are poorly understood. A modeling-based approach was developed in this study to characterize and represent the permafrost soils in the model and simulate the thermal dynamics using a mechanistic high-resolution model. Results shows the ability of the model to simulate the patterns and variability of thermal regimes and improve our understanding of polygonal tundra.
Microtopography of the low-gradient polygonal tundra plays a critical role in these ecosystem;...
