Insights in a remote cryosphere: A multi method approach to assess permafrost occurrence at the Qugaqie basin, western Nyainqêntanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau

• Main Authors: Buckel, Johannes, Reinosch, Eike, Hördt, Andreas, Zhang, Fan, Riedel, Björn, Gerke, Markus, Schwalb, Antje, Mäusbacher, Roland
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Tibetan Mountain; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-114; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2020-114/

Permafrost as a climate-sensitive parameter, its occurrence and distribution plays an important role in the observation of global warming. However, field-based permafrost distribution data and information on the subsurface ice content at the large area of the southern mountainous Tibetan Plateau (TP...