Simulation of Permafrost and Seasonally Frozen Ground Conditions and their Response to Recent Climate Warming in the Tibetan Plateau

Wenjiang Zhang1, Dr. Yonghong Yi2, Elchin E Jafarov3, Kun Yang4, John S Kimball2 and Kechao Song1, (1)Sichuan University, Dept of Hydrology, Chengdu, China, (2)University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry & Conservation, Missoula, MT, United States, (3)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (4)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China