The influence of freeze-thaw cycles of active soil layer on surface runoff in a permafrost watershed

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 375, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 438-449

  Wang, Genxu ^a,b   Hu, Hongchang ^b   Li, Taibin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active soil freeze thaw depth; Permafrost watershed; Qinghai Tibet plateau; Runoff characteristics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ACTIVE SOIL FREEZE-THAW DEPTH; ACTIVE SOILS; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZE-THAW CYCLES; FREEZE-THAW PROCESS; FREEZING AND THAWING; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; IN-CONTROL; INFLUENCE SURFACES; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; PERMAFROST REGION; PRIMARY FACTORS; QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU; RECESSION PERIOD; RUNOFF CHARACTERISTICS; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SPRING FLOODS; STATISTICAL REGRESSION METHOD; SUMMER FLOODS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; UPPER LAYER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET; WATER CYCLE;

BUDGET CONTROL; CONCRETES; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS; PERMAFROST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; THAWING; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

RUNOFF;

ACTIVE LAYER; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 69349088809     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.046     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Carey S.K., and Woo M.K. Slope runoff processes and flow generation in a subarctic, subalpine catchment. Journal of Hydrology 253 (2001) 110-129
2. Dong S., Zhou C., and Wang H. The eco-environmental problems and the protection countermeasures in the source regions of Yangtze, Yellow and Nancang Rivers. Journal of Natural Resources 17 6 (2002) 713-720
3. Flerchinger B.N., and Saxton K.E. Simultaneous heat and water model of a freezing snow-residue-soil system, I. theory and development. Transactions of the ASAE 32 2 (1989) 567-571
4. Hayashi M., van der Kamp G., and Schmidt R. Focused infiltration of snowmelt water in partially frozen soil under small depressions. Journal of Hydrology 270 (2003) 214-229
5. Ishikawa M., Zhang Y., Kadota T., and Ohata T. Hydrothermal regimes of the dry active layer. Water Resources Research 42 (2006) W04401 10.1029/2005WR004200
6. Jorgenson M.T., Racine C.H., and Walters J.C. Permafrost degradation and ecological changes associated with a warming in central Alaska. Climatic Change 48 (2001) 551-579
7. Kuchment L.S., Gelfan A.N., and Demidov V.N. A distributed model of runoff generation in the permafrost regions. Journal of Hydrology 240 (2000) 1-22
8. Li Y., Wang G., Qin D., Zhao L., and Ding Y. Study on the runoff and sediment-producing effects of precipitation in headwater areas of the Yangtze River and Yellow River, China. Environmental Geology 56 1 (2008) 1-9
9. McClelland J.W., Holmes R.M., Peterson B.J., and Stieglitz M. Increasing river discharge in the Eurasian Arctic: consideration of dams, permafrost thaw and fires as potential agents of change. Journal of Geography Research 109 (2004) D18102 10.1029/2004JD004583
10. McGuire A.D. Environmental variation, vegetation distribution, carbon dynamics and water/energy exchange at high latitudes. Journal of Vegetation Science 13 3 (2002) 301-314
11. McNamara J.P., Kane D.L., and Hinzman L.D. An analysis of streamflow hydrology in the Kuparuk River Basin, arctic Alaska: a nested watershed approach. Journal of Hydrology 206 (1998) 39-57
12. National Soil Survey Office (NSSO). Soil of China (1998), China Agriculture Press, Beijing, China
13. Peterson B.J., Holmes R.M., McClelland J.W., Vörösmarty C.J., Lammers R.B., Shiklomanov A.I., and Rahmstorf S. Increasing river discharge to the Arctic Ocean. Science 298 (2002) 2171-2173
14. Rui X. Principles in runoff formation (1991), Heihai University Press, Nanjing
15. Sato T. Spatial and temporal variation of frozen ground and snow cover in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Meteorological Society Japan 79 (2001) 519-534
16. Tanaka K., Ishikawa H., and Tamagawa I. Surface energy budget at Amdo on the Tibetan Plateau using GAME/IOP 98 data. Journal of Meteorological Society Japan 79 (2001) 505-517
17. Zhang Tingjun, Barry, R. G., 2003. Changes in freeze-thaw and permafrost dynamics and their hydrological implication over the Russian Arctic Drainage Basin. In: The Proceedings of Freshwater Investigators Meeting, Boulder.
18. Walker D.A., Jia G.J., and Epstein H.E. Vegetation-soil-thaw-depth relationships along a low-arctic bioclimate gradient, Alaska: synthesis of information from the ATLAS studies. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 14 (2003) 103-123
19. Wang G., Li Q., and Cheng G. Climate change and its impact on the eco-environment in the source regions of Yangtze and Yellow Rivers in recent 40 years. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology 23 4 (2001) 346-352
20. Wang G., Ding Y., Wang J., and Liu S. Land ecological changes and evolutional patterns in the source regions of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers. Acta Geographic Sinica 15 2 (2004) 163-173
21. Wang G., Li Y., Wang Y., and Shen Y. Impacts of alpine ecosystem and climatic changes on surface runoff in the source region of Yangtze River. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology 29 2 (2007) 159-168
22. Wang G., Li Y., Hu H., and Wang Y. Synergistic effect of vegetation and air temperature changes on soil water content in alpine frost meadow soil in the permafrost region of Qinghai-Tibet. Hydrological Processes (2008) 10.1002/hyp.6913
23. Wu Q., and Liu Y. Ground temperature monitoring and its recent change in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Cold Regions Science and Technology 38 (2004) 85-92
24. Wu Q., Shi B., and Liu Y. Research on the interaction of permafrost and highway along Qinghai-Tiber highway. Science in China (Series D) 32 6 (2002) 514-520
25. Xie C., Ding Y., Liu S., and Wang G. Comparison analysis of runoff change in the source regions of the Yangtze and Yellow River. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology 25 4 (2003) 414-422
26. Yamazaki Y., Kubota J., Ohata T., Vuglinsky V., and Mizuyama T. Seasonal changes in runoff characteristics on a permafrost watershed in the southern mountainous region of eastern Siberia. Hydrological Processes 20 (2006) 453-467
27. Yang J.P., Ding Y.J., and Chen R.S. Climatic causes of ecological and environmental variations in the source regions of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers of China. Environmental Geology 53 1 (2007) 113-121
28. Zhang Y., Ohata T., and Kadata T. Land surface hydrological processes in the permafrost region of the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrology 283 (2003) 41-56
29. Zhang Y., Kang E., and Ohata T. Observation and estimation of evaporation from the ground surface of the cryosphere in eastern Asia. Hydrological Processes 17 (2003) 1135-1147
30. Zhang F., Liu J., and Gong T. Winter runoff in a typical alpine permafrost region Tibet Himalayas. Advances in Earth Science 12 (2006) 1333-1338
31. Zhou X.M. Chinese Kobresia Pygmaea Meadow (2001), Science Press, Beijing p. 370 (in Chinese)
32. Zhou Y., Guo D., Qiu G., and Cheng G. Geocryology in China (2000), Science Press, Beijing (in Chinese)