The change in PF (a) and OLT (b) over the MAT gradient

Figure 7. The change in PF (a) and OLT (b) over the MAT gradient. Panels are arranged so that PF in OLTs and OLTd are stacked on one another for each landform and likewise for OLT. The solid lines represent the mean response, holding all other variables constant. The curved dotted lines are the 95%...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Kristofer D, Harden, Jennifer W, A David McGuire, Clark, Mark, Fengming Yuan, Finley, Andrew O
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spelling ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.1011794 2023-05-15T17:56:52+02:00 The change in PF (a) and OLT (b) over the MAT gradient Johnson, Kristofer D Harden, Jennifer W A David McGuire Clark, Mark Fengming Yuan Finley, Andrew O 2013 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1011794 https://iop.figshare.com/articles/figure/_The_change_in_PF_a_and_OLT_b_over_the_MAT_gradient/1011794 unknown IOP Publishing Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 CC-BY Environmental Science Image Figure graphic ImageObject 2013 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1011794 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Figure 7. The change in PF (a) and OLT (b) over the MAT gradient. Panels are arranged so that PF in OLTs and OLTd are stacked on one another for each landform and likewise for OLT. The solid lines represent the mean response, holding all other variables constant. The curved dotted lines are the 95% confidence intervals. Horizontal dotted lines in the PF panel (a) are placed at the 0.5 threshold. A perfectly flat horizontal line indicates that MAT had no significant effect for that response. 'No model' indicates that no prediction was attempted because of low sample number (i.e. uncommonly occurring combinations). Abstract Permafrost is tightly coupled to the organic soil layer, an interaction that mediates permafrost degradation in response to regional warming. We analyzed changes in permafrost occurrence and organic layer thickness (OLT) using more than 3000 soil pedons across a mean annual temperature (MAT) gradient. Cause and effect relationships between permafrost probability (PF), OLT, and other topographic factors were investigated using structural equation modeling in a multi-group analysis. Groups were defined by slope, soil texture type, and shallow (<28 cm) versus deep organic (≥28 cm) layers. The probability of observing permafrost sharply increased by 0.32 for every 10-cm OLT increase in shallow OLT soils (OLTs) due to an insulation effect, but PF decreased in deep OLT soils (OLTd) by 0.06 for every 10-cm increase. Across the MAT gradient, PF in sandy soils varied little, but PF in loamy and silty soils decreased substantially from cooler to warmer temperatures. The change in OLT was more heterogeneous across soil texture types—in some there was no change while in others OLTs soils thinned and/or OLTd soils thickened at warmer locations. Furthermore, when soil organic carbon was estimated using a relationship with thickness, the average increase in carbon in OLTd soils was almost four times greater compared to the average decrease in carbon in OLTs soils across all soil types. If soils follow a trajectory of warming that mimics the spatial gradients found today, then heterogeneities of permafrost degradation and organic layer thinning and thickening should be considered in the regional carbon balance. Still Image permafrost DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology)
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Johnson, Kristofer D
Harden, Jennifer W
A David McGuire
Clark, Mark
Fengming Yuan
Finley, Andrew O
The change in PF (a) and OLT (b) over the MAT gradient
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description Figure 7. The change in PF (a) and OLT (b) over the MAT gradient. Panels are arranged so that PF in OLTs and OLTd are stacked on one another for each landform and likewise for OLT. The solid lines represent the mean response, holding all other variables constant. The curved dotted lines are the 95% confidence intervals. Horizontal dotted lines in the PF panel (a) are placed at the 0.5 threshold. A perfectly flat horizontal line indicates that MAT had no significant effect for that response. 'No model' indicates that no prediction was attempted because of low sample number (i.e. uncommonly occurring combinations). Abstract Permafrost is tightly coupled to the organic soil layer, an interaction that mediates permafrost degradation in response to regional warming. We analyzed changes in permafrost occurrence and organic layer thickness (OLT) using more than 3000 soil pedons across a mean annual temperature (MAT) gradient. Cause and effect relationships between permafrost probability (PF), OLT, and other topographic factors were investigated using structural equation modeling in a multi-group analysis. Groups were defined by slope, soil texture type, and shallow (<28 cm) versus deep organic (≥28 cm) layers. The probability of observing permafrost sharply increased by 0.32 for every 10-cm OLT increase in shallow OLT soils (OLTs) due to an insulation effect, but PF decreased in deep OLT soils (OLTd) by 0.06 for every 10-cm increase. Across the MAT gradient, PF in sandy soils varied little, but PF in loamy and silty soils decreased substantially from cooler to warmer temperatures. The change in OLT was more heterogeneous across soil texture types—in some there was no change while in others OLTs soils thinned and/or OLTd soils thickened at warmer locations. Furthermore, when soil organic carbon was estimated using a relationship with thickness, the average increase in carbon in OLTd soils was almost four times greater compared to the average decrease in carbon in OLTs soils across all soil types. If soils follow a trajectory of warming that mimics the spatial gradients found today, then heterogeneities of permafrost degradation and organic layer thinning and thickening should be considered in the regional carbon balance.
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Clark, Mark
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