Spatiotemporal Variations in the Air Freezing and Thawing Index Over the Mongolian Plateau From 1901 to 2019

• Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science
• Main Authors: Xin Ma, Tonghua Wu, Xiaofan Zhu, Peiqing Lou, Dong Wang, Saruulzaya Adiya, Dashtseren Avirmed, Battogtokh Dorjgotov, Jie Chen, Chengpeng Shang, Amin Wen, Yune La, Xianhua Wei, Ren Li
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: freezing and thawing index; permafrost; CRU; Mongolian plateau; change-point; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Kendall
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.875450; https://doaj.org/article/2de52b5e3a284970b94bcf85da08e471

The Mongolian Plateau is located in the permafrost transitional zone between high-altitudinal and high-latitudinal permafrost regions in the Northern Hemisphere. Current knowledge of the thermal state and changes in the permafrost on the Mongolian Plateau is limited. This study adopted an improved c...