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Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2273-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2273-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
Research article
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18 May 2021
Research article |  | 18 May 2021

The surface energy balance in a cold and arid permafrost environment, Ladakh, Himalayas, India

John Mohd Wani, Renoj J. Thayyen, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha, and Stephan Gruber

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We study the surface energy balance from a cold-arid permafrost environment in the Indian Himalayan region. The GEOtop model was used for the modelling of surface energy balance. Our results show that the variability in the turbulent heat fluxes is similar to that reported from the seasonally frozen ground and permafrost regions of the Tibetan Plateau. Further, the low relative humidity could be playing a critical role in the surface energy balance and the permafrost processes.
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