The Tricky Water Energy Budget of Freezing Soil: A Thermodynamic Framework for Understanding Phase Changes
A single thermodynamic starting point for capillarity, solutes and adsorption in freezing ground.
Why Soil Water Does Not Freeze at Zero
A single thermodynamic starting point for capillarity, solutes and adsorption in freezing ground
Permafrost Modelling in the Himalaya: Three Days at ICIMOD
Reflections from a three-day hands-on workshop on energy balance modelling of permafrost environments, held at ICIMOD in Kathmandu. All course material is open-access.
An integrated computational framework for high-dimensional parameter optimization in coupled hydro-thermal permafrost modelling
A novel GEOtop-MATLAB framework for automated calibration and sensitivity analysis of coupled hydro-thermal permafrost models, applied to three boreholes near Hornsund, Svalbard.
Abhishek Bamby Alphonse
Permafrost Readings for Beginners
Starting a thesis on Permafrost? Here is my collection of foundational readings, covering definitions, thermal physics, and modeling basics.
Permafrost estimation model in Upper Indus Basin
Abstract Remotely sensed topo-climatic factors, potential incoming solar radiation (PISR), land surface temperature (LST), topographic wetness index (TWI), Surface emissivity, and …
Aayushi Pandey
Permafrost in the Upper Indus Basin: An active layer dynamics
Abstract Permafrost in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) in Ladakh, India, is a critical water source and is less studied. Identifying permafrost and its characteristics is a crucial …
The 2021 Chamoli Glacier Avalanche
A preliminary assessment of the catastrophic hanging glacier avalanche in Rishiganga, India
Inferring Permafrost in the Indian Himalayas
Providing the first-ever field-based permafrost characteristics in the Indian Himalayan region.
The surface energy balance in a cold and arid permafrost environment, Ladakh, Himalayas, India
Abstract Recent studies have shown the cold and arid trans-Himalayan region comprises significant areas underlain by permafrost. While the information on the permafrost …
Single-year thermal regime and inferred permafrost occurrence in the upper Ganglass catchment of the cold-arid Himalaya, Ladakh, India
Abstract Cold-arid regions of the trans-Himalaya in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) is suspected to have a significant area of permafrost. However, information on the ground …