The Response of Shallow Groundwater Levels to Soil Freeze-Thaw Process on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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	The Response of Shallow Groundwater Levels to Soil Freeze-Thaw Process on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
	Dai, Licong; Guo, Xiaowei; Du, Yangong; Zhang, Fawei; Ke, Xun; Cao, Yingfang; Li, Yikang; Li, Qian; Lin, Li; Cao, Guangmin
	2019
发表期刊	GROUNDWATER
卷号	57 期号:4
摘要	The Qinghai-Tibet plateau has the world's largest area of seasonally frozen ground. Here, shallow groundwater displays behavior that is distinct from that elsewhere in the world. In the present study, we explore the seasonal and interannual variation of the shallow groundwater levels from 2012 to 2016, and attempt to quantitatively evaluate the relative influences of individual driving factors on the shallow groundwater levels based on boosted regression trees. The results show that: (1) on a seasonal scale, the groundwater levels were characterized by a double peak and double valley relationship, while on an interannual scale the groundwater levels showed a slightly downwards trend from 2012 to 2016; and (2) during the frozen period, the seasonal variation of groundwater levels was determined by mean air temperature through its effect on the soil thaw-freeze process, accounting for 53.15% of total variation. Meanwhile, ET0 and rainfall exerted little impact on the seasonal variation of groundwater levels, which might be attributed to the aquitard of frozen soil that impedes the exchange between surface water and groundwater. Moreover, there was a lag between groundwater levels and soil freezing-thawing. During the non-frozen period, the mean air temperature was again the most important factor impacting the variation of groundwater levels, through its effect on ET0, and accounted for 40.75% of total variation, while rainfall had little effect on groundwater levels when rainfall intensity was less than 12 mm/day. These results will benefit predictions of future trends in groundwater levels within the context of global warming.
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/59755
专题	中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dai, Licong,Guo, Xiaowei,Du, Yangong,et al. The Response of Shallow Groundwater Levels to Soil Freeze-Thaw Process on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau[J]. GROUNDWATER,2019,57(4).
APA	Dai, Licong.,Guo, Xiaowei.,Du, Yangong.,Zhang, Fawei.,Ke, Xun.,...&Cao, Guangmin.(2019).The Response of Shallow Groundwater Levels to Soil Freeze-Thaw Process on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.GROUNDWATER,57(4).
MLA	Dai, Licong,et al."The Response of Shallow Groundwater Levels to Soil Freeze-Thaw Process on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau".GROUNDWATER 57.4(2019).