Quantifying Impacts of Mean Annual Lake Bottom Temperature on Talik Development and Permafrost Degradation below Expanding Thermokarst Lakes on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Feng Ling, Feifei Pan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: mean annual lake bottom temperature (MALBT); open talik; permafrost degradation; numerical simulation; Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP); Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; TD201-500; Talik; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w11040706; https://doaj.org/article/6adfb572dcb24b1ebf29af3dc68e6c2e

Variations in thermokarst lake area, lake water depth, lake age, air temperature, permafrost condition, and other environmental variables could have important influences on the mean annual lake bottom temperature (MALBT) and thus affect the ground thermal regime and talik development beneath the lak...