Effects of Permafrost Degradation on Soil Hydrological Processes in Alpine Steppe on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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摘要 PermafrostdegradationisprevalentontheQinghai-TibetPlateau.Thismayleadtochangesinwaterandheattransitioninsoilsandthusaffectthestructureandfunctionofecosystems.Inthispaper,usingthemeasureddataofalpinesteppeinWudaoliangassessedthemodelperformanceinsimulatingsoilfreezingandthawingprocesses.Comparisonofthesimulatedresultsbysimultaneousheatandwater(SHAW)modeltothemeasureddatashowedthatSHAWmodelperformedsatisfactorily.Basedonanalyzingthesimulatedandpredictedresults,twopointswereobtained:(1)freezingandthawingoftheactivelayerproceededbothfromthesoilsurfacedownward.Comparedwiththefreezingprocess,thethawingprocesswasslower.Thefreezingperiodpersistedinthesurfacelayer(4cmdepth)forabout5months;(2)inthenext50years,frozenperiodwouldbeshortenabout20daysinthetop100cmdepthwhilethethawingwouldstartearlier40daysthanpresent.Soilwaterstorageinthe0-60cmwoulddecreaseby22%averagely,especiallyfromJunetoAugustwhenthevegetationisatthedominatingwaterconsumedstage.Therefore,thiskindofpermafrostdegradationasactivelayerfreezingandthawingprocesseschangeswillreducesoilwatercontentandthusinfluencethoseecosystemsaboveit.
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出版日期 2012年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)