Permafrost, active layer and meteorological data (2010–2020) from a relict permafrost site at Mahan Mountain, Northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

• Main Authors: Wu, Tonghua, Xie, Changwei, Zhu, Xiaofan, Chen, Jie, Wang, Wu, Li, Ren, Wen, Amin, Lou, Peiqing, Wang, Dong, Shang, Chengpeng, La, Yune, Wei, Xianhua, Ma, Xin, Qiao, Yongping, Wu, Xiaodong, Pang, Qiangqiang, Hu, Guojie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Mahan; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-429; https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2021-429/

Relict permafrost presents an ideal opportunity to understand the impacts of climatic warming on the ground thermal regime since it is characterized by mean annual ground temperature close to 0 °C and relatively thin permafrost. The long-term and continuous observations of permafrost thermal state a...