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Changing Cryosphere Under a Warming Climate

Research Articles

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Introduction—Changing Cryosphere Under a Warming Climate
Tingjun Zhang & Ninglian Wang
Pages: 191-193
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
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Active Layer Stratigraphy and Organic Layer Thickness at a Thermokarst Site in Arctic Alaska Identified Using Ground Penetrating Radar
Alessio Gusmeroli, Lin Liu, Kevin Schaefer, Tingjun Zhang, Timothy Schaefer & Guido Grosse
Pages: 195-202
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforActive Layer Stratigraphy and Organic Layer Thickness at a Thermokarst Site in Arctic Alaska Identified Using Ground Penetrating Radar | Full Text | References | PDF (3.4 MB)
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Carbon and Nitrogen Properties of Permafrost over the Eboling Mountain in the Upper Reach of Heihe River Basin, Northwestern China
Cuicui Mu, Tingjun Zhang, Qingbai Wu, Bin Cao, Xiankai Zhang, Xiaoqing Peng, Xudong Wan, Lei Zheng, Qingfeng Wang & Guodong Cheng
Pages: 203-211
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforCarbon and Nitrogen Properties of Permafrost over the Eboling Mountain in the Upper Reach of Heihe River Basin, Northwestern China | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB)
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Mapping Surface Soil Freeze-Thaw Cycles in China Based on SMMR and SSM/I Brightness Temperatures from 1978 to 2008
Rui Jin, Tingjun Zhang, Xin Li, Xingguo Yang & Youhua Ran
Pages: 213-229
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforMapping Surface Soil Freeze-Thaw Cycles in China Based on SMMR and SSM/I Brightness Temperatures from 1978 to 2008 | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB)
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Changes of Soil Thermal Regimes in the Heihe River Basin Over Western China
Qingfeng Wang, Tingjun Zhang, Xiaoqing Peng, Bin Cao & Qingbai Wu
Pages: 231-241
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AbstractforChanges of Soil Thermal Regimes in the Heihe River Basin Over Western China | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB)
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The Climate Characteristics of the First Date of ≤0 °C Temperature in East China
Yinge Liu, Zhongming Guo, Qi Zhou, Xiaobo Wu & Jianqiao He
Pages: 243-253
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AbstractforThe Climate Characteristics of the First Date of ≤0 °C Temperature in East China | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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Remote Sensing of the Mean Annual Surface Temperature and Surface Frost Number for Mapping Permafrost in China
Youhua Ran, Xin Li, Rui Jin & Jianwen Guo
Pages: 255-265
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforRemote Sensing of the Mean Annual Surface Temperature and Surface Frost Number for Mapping Permafrost in China | Full Text | References | PDF (2.8 MB)
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Thermal Impacts of Boreal Forest Vegetation on Active Layer and Permafrost Soils in Northern da Xing'Anling (Hinggan) Mountains, Northeast China
Xiaoli Chang, Huijun Jin, Yanlin Zhang, Ruixia He, Dongliang Luo, Yongping Wang, Lanzhi Lü & Qiuliang Zhang
Pages: 267-279
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforThermal Impacts of Boreal Forest Vegetation on Active Layer and Permafrost Soils in Northern da Xing'Anling (Hinggan) Mountains, Northeast China | Full Text | References | PDF (2 MB)
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Variations in Albedo on Dongkemadi Glacier in Tanggula Range on the Tibetan Plateau during 2002–2012 and Its Linkage with Mass Balance
Xuejiao Wu, Ninglian Wang, Anxin Lu, Jianchen Pu, Zhongming Guo & Huawei Zhang
Pages: 281-292
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforVariations in Albedo on Dongkemadi Glacier in Tanggula Range on the Tibetan Plateau during 2002–2012 and Its Linkage with Mass Balance | Full Text | References | PDF (5.5 MB)
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Variations in Firn Line Altitude and Firn Zone Area on Qiyi Glacier, Qilian Mountains, Over the Period of 1990 to 2011
Zhongming Guo, Ninglian Wang, Hongbo Wu, Yuwei Wu, Xuejiao Wu & Quanlian Li
Pages: 293-300
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforVariations in Firn Line Altitude and Firn Zone Area on Qiyi Glacier, Qilian Mountains, Over the Period of 1990 to 2011 | Full Text | References | PDF (980.6 KB)
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Changes in Glacier Volume in the North Bank of the Bangong Co Basin from 1968 to 2007 Based on Historical Topographic Maps, SRTM, and ASTER Stereo Images
Wei Junfeng, Liu Shiyin, Guo Wanqin, Xu Junli, Bao Weijia & Shangguan Donghui
Pages: 301-311
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AbstractforChanges in Glacier Volume in the North Bank of the Bangong Co Basin from 1968 to 2007 Based on Historical Topographic Maps, SRTM, and ASTER Stereo Images | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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Estimation and Analysis of Snow Water Equivalents Based on C-Band SAR Data and Field Measurements
Shaobo Sun, Tao Che, Jian Wang, Hongyi Li, Xiaohua Hao, Zengyan Wang & Jie Wang
Pages: 313-326
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforEstimation and Analysis of Snow Water Equivalents Based on C-Band SAR Data and Field Measurements | Full Text | References | PDF (3 MB)
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Electrical Conductivity during the Ablation Process of the Glacier No. 1 at the Headwaters of the Urumqi River in the Tianshan Mountains
Tianding Han, Xiangying Li, Mingjie Gao, Mika Sillanpää, Hongzheng Pu & Chengyang Lu
Pages: 327-334
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforElectrical Conductivity during the Ablation Process of the Glacier No. 1 at the Headwaters of the Urumqi River in the Tianshan Mountains | Full Text | References | PDF (866.4 KB)
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Glacier Changes in the Lancang River Basin, China, between 1968–1975 and 2005–2010
Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin, Guo Wanqin, Nie Yong, Shangguan Donghui, Xu Junli & Yao Xiaojun
Pages: 335-344
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforGlacier Changes in the Lancang River Basin, China, between 1968–1975 and 2005–2010 | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Shrub Encroachment Affects the Diversity of Plants, Butterflies, and Grasshoppers on Two Swiss Subalpine Pastures
Bärbel Koch, Peter J. Edwards, Wolf U. Blanckenhorn, Thomas Walter & Gabriela Hofer
Pages: 345-357
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforShrub Encroachment Affects the Diversity of Plants, Butterflies, and Grasshoppers on Two Swiss Subalpine Pastures | Full Text | References | PDF (756.3 KB)
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Different Responses of Soil Respiration and Its Components to Experimental Warming with Contrasting Soil Water Content
Peng Fei, Xu Manhou, You Quangang, Zhou Xuhui, Wang Tao & Xue Xian
Pages: 359-368
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforDifferent Responses of Soil Respiration and Its Components to Experimental Warming with Contrasting Soil Water Content | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB)
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Diatoms at >5000 Meters in the Quelccaya Summit Dome Glacier, Peru
Sherilyn C. Fritz, Bruce E. Brinson, W. E. Billups & Lonnie G. Thompson
Pages: 369-374
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforDiatoms at >5000 Meters in the Quelccaya Summit Dome Glacier, Peru | Full Text | References | PDF (932.9 KB)
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Does the Coralline Alga Leptophytum foecundum (Kjellman) Capture Paleoenvironmental Variability in the Arctic Ocean?
Laurie Bougeois, Branwen Williams, Jochen Halfar, Brenda Konar, Walter Adey, Andreas Kronz & Ulrich G. Wortmann
Pages: 375-387
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforDoes the Coralline Alga Leptophytum foecundum (Kjellman) Capture Paleoenvironmental Variability in the Arctic Ocean? | Full Text | References | PDF (4.1 MB)
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Atmospheric Deposition and Interactions with Pinus pumila Regal Canopy on Mount Tateyama in the Northern Japanese Alps
Yoshitoshi Uehara, Atsushi Kume, Masaaki Chiwa, Hideharu Honoki, Jing Zhang & Koichi Watanabe
Pages: 389-399
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
AbstractforAtmospheric Deposition and Interactions with Pinus pumila Regal Canopy on Mount Tateyama in the Northern Japanese Alps | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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Book Reviews

Book Review
North by Degree: New Perspectives on Arctic Exploration. Edited by Susan A. Kaplan and Robert McCracken Peck
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society (Lightning Rod Press, Volume 8), 2013. 488 pp. + 16-page color insert. $50 (softcover). ISBN 978-1-60618-923-8, $45.
Irina Overeem
Page: 401
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
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Antarctic Lakes. By Johanna Laybourn-Parry and Jemma L. Wadham
New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 256 pp. $125.00 (hardcover). ISBN 9780199670499
Sarah A. Spaulding
Pages: 401-402
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
CitationforAntarctic Lakes. By Johanna Laybourn-Parry and Jemma L. Wadham | Full Text | PDF (328.9 KB)
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Erratum
Page: 402
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
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Research Articles

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Polar and Alpine Meetings Calendar
Pages: 403-405
Published online: 05 Jan 2018
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