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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Buckel, Johannes, Reinosch, Eike, Hördt, Andreas, Zhang, Fan, Riedel, Björn, Gerke, Markus, Schwalb, Antje, Mäusbacher, Roland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Tibetan Mountain; Ice; permafrost; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-149-2021; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00055215; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00054866/tc-15-149-2021.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/149/2021/tc-15-149-2021.pdf

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