energy and mass changes of the eurasian permafrost regions by multi-satellite and in-situ measurements能量和质量变化欧亚冻土地区的多卫星和现场测量.pdfVIP

Vol.3, No.10, 827-836 (2011) Natural Science /10.4236/ns.2011.310108 Energy and mass changes of the Eurasian permafrost regions by multi-satellite and in-situ measurements * Reginald R. Muskett , Vladimir E. Romanovsky * Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, USA; Corresponding Author: rmuskett@ Received 13 September 2011, revised 12 October 2011; accepted 30 October 2011. ABSTRACT 1. INTRODUCTION We investigate changes in total water equivalent Land- and ocean-surfaces form a fundamental physi- mass, land-surface temperature and atmospheric cal boundary of the Earth [1]. Land-surface temperature CO2 by satellite-based measurements from Au- is a key variable of this physical boundary where ther- gust 2002 through December 2008. Our region modynamic and biophysical processes interact at local of interest spans 75˚ to 165˚E and 50˚ to 80˚N and regional scales that influence changes of the Earth’s centered on the Lena River watershed as a phy- climate system [2,3]. Drivers of the Earth’s climate sys- sical reference frame. We find energy and mass tem include obliquity, eccentricity, precession, variations changes on the continuous and discontinuous of solar radiation and plate tectonics on long time scale permafrost zones indicating: 1) Arctic uplands [2]. such as the Siberian Plateau show strongly posi- Shorter-term drivers at centennial, decadal and inter- tive water equivalent