Response of seasonal soil freeze depth to climate change across China

Peng, Xiaoqing; Zhang, Tingjun; Frauenfeld, Oliver W.; Wang, Kang; Cao, Bin; Zhong, Xinyue; Su, Hang; Mu, Cuicui

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1059-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1059-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1059-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

Research article

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05 May 2017

Research article |

| 05 May 2017

Response of seasonal soil freeze depth to climate change across China

Xiaoqing Peng, Tingjun Zhang, Oliver W. Frauenfeld, Kang Wang, Bin Cao, Xinyue Zhong, Hang Su, and Cuicui Mu

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'review1', Elchin Jafarov, 09 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee#1', Tingjun Zhang, 09 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Valuable contribution, but needs some more scientific elaboration', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Feb 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee#2', Tingjun Zhang, 09 Mar 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Tingjun Zhang (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Mar 2017) by Andreas Kääb

RR by Elchin Jafarov (24 Mar 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 Apr 2017) by Andreas Kääb

AR by Tingjun Zhang (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (06 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Previous research has paid significant attention to permafrost, e.g. active layer thickness, soil temperature, area extent, and associated degradation leading to other changes. However, less focus has been given to seasonally frozen ground and vast area extent. We combined data from more than 800 observation stations, as well as gridded data, to investigate soil freeze depth across China. The results indicate that soil freeze depth decreases with climate warming.