Forecasting of Permafrost Boundaries Dynamics
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2024) | Viewed by 2787
Special Issue Editor
Interests: mathematical modeling; permafrost; Arctic regions; climate change; technogenic heat sources; temperature fields in frozen soil; oil and gas fields; stability of pile foundations in Northern cities; partial differential equations; numerical analysis and algorithms; renewable energy; geothermal problems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Permafrost occupies about 25% of the total land area of the world. For example, in Alaska, these areas cover 80% of the total area, in Russia - 65%, in Canada - 50%. Highlands may also be a permafrost zone (in China these areas account for 11% of the territory). Thawing of permafrost due to global warming or various influences related with human activity will be followed by the earth's surface subsidence and development of cryogenic hazardous geological processes. Therefore, the problem of reducing the intensity of thermal interactions in systems "heat source - permafrost" has a particular importance for solving problems of energy saving, environmental protection, safety, cost savings and enhance operational reliability of various engineering structures and buildings. High latitude climate warming in Northern Hemisphere will increase the permafrost soil degradation and cause a significant effect on the carbon and nitrogen fluxes between the atmosphere and tundra ecosystems. In particular, the arctic soils seasonal thawing depth will increase and a sequestrated carbon and nitrogen in upper frozen soil layers will be involved in active biochemical cycle. With the aim of covering a comprehensive assessment of changes in the dynamics of permafrost boundaries and the impact that these processes have on the environment and engineering structure, authors are invited to submit contributions in the following priority areas:
- permafrost changes due to technogenic and climatic factors;
- the feedbacks in the combination of permafrost-ecosystem-climate-civil-industrial systems;
- operation and development of oil and gas fields in cryolithozone;
- thermal stabilization of soil, monitoring and assessment of the stability of pile foundations of buildings in Northern cities;
- the arctic soils seasonal thawing depth;
- emission of greenhouse gases
Dr. Mikhail Yur`evich Filimonov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- permafrost
- climate change
- Arctic regions
- monitoring and forecast
- mathematical modeling
