Prediction of the thaw settlement and degradation in permafrost in the northern limit permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in the next 100 years

Lin Zhao1, Zhe Sun2, Guojie Hu3 and Yongping Qiao3, (1)NUIST Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, (2)Cryosphere Research Station on the Tibetan Plateau, Lanzhou, China, (3)Cryosphere Research Station on Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China