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Journal Article
On the freeze–thaw cycles of shallow soil and connections with environmental factors over the Tibetan Plateau
2021
Overview
Changes in the freeze–thaw cycles of shallow soil have important consequences for surface and subsurface hydrology, land–atmosphere energy and moisture interaction, carbon exchange, and ecosystem diversity and productivity. This work examines the shallow soil freeze–thaw cycle on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) using in–situ soil temperature observations in 0–20 cm soil layer during July 1982–June 2017. The domain and layer averaged beginning frozen day is November 18 and delays by 2.2 days per decade; the ending frozen day is March 9 and advances by 3.2 days per decade; the number of frozen days is 109 and shortens by 5.2 days per decade. Altitude and latitude combined could explain the spatial patterns of annual mean freeze–thaw status well. Stations located near 0 °C contour line experienced dramatic changes in freeze–thaw cycles as seen from subtropical mountain coniferous forest in the southern TP. Soil completely freezes from surface to 20-cm depth in 15 days while completely thaws in 10 days on average. Near-surface soil displays more pronounced changes than deeper soil. Surface air temperature strongly influences the shallow soil freeze–thaw status but snow exerts limited effects. Different thresholds in freeze–thaw status definition lead to differences in the shallow soil freeze–thaw status and multiple-consecutive-day approach appears to be more robust and reliable. Gridded soil temperature products could resolve the spatial pattern of the observed shallow soil freeze–thaw status to some extent but further improvement is needed.
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