Active layer thickness variations on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau under the scenarios of climate change

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 849-857

  Pang, Qiangqiang ^a   Zhao, Lin ^a   Li, Shuxun ^a   Ding, Yongjian ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Active layer; Climate change; Permafrost; The Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; COLD REGIONS; ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOLOGICAL FACTORS; GROUND ICE; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LAND SURFACE; MODEL-BASED OPC; PERMAFROST REGION; POTENTIAL CHANGE; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SOIL MOISTURE;

PERMAFROST;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPLITUDE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND SURFACE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERMAFROST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84861183737     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1296-1     Document Type: Article

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