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CRYONET Site Questionnaire: Qilian Mountains Cryosphere Observing Network,
China
Site specific metadata:
Name of site: Qilian Mountains Cryosphere Observing Network
Latitude/Longitude/Altitude: 37.5 - 39.5N / 96.5-102E /2100-5483m
Landscape type (e.g. arctic coastal, tundra, alpine…): alpine
Onsite technical staff: 4
All-year round observations y/n:
n
Year established: 2006
Link to website if available:
Station manager (Email): [email protected]
Organisation in charge of station: Qilianshan Station of Glaciology and Ecologic Environment
(QSGEE),Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research
Institute(CAREERI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Other information
Monitoring of the atmosphere:
Solid precipitation: T-200B
Snowfall: SR-50
Trace gases: CO2， CH4
Aerosols: Black carbon, Optical particle size
UV, stratospheric ozone: no
Radiation (longwave, shortwave): CNR-1
Others:
Snow cover
Physical parameters: density, depth
Chemical parameters: ions, δ18O
Others:
Glaciers and ice caps
Mass balance (measured parameters): snow density, depth
Ice flow (measured parameters): Surface velocity
Basal water pressure (measured parameters):
Others: Terminus location, Thickness
Sea ice
Mass balance (measured parameters):
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters):
Snow on ice (measured parameters):
Ice chemistry (measured parameters):
Others:
Permafrost
Borehole measurements (measured parameters): temperature
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters): radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure
Snow on ground (measured parameters): Depth
Active layer thickness (measured parameters): soil temperature, soil water content
GST:
Others: Heat flux
Ice sheet
Mass balance (measured parameters):
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters):
Snow on ice (measured parameters):
Ice chemistry (measured parameters):
Others:
Other measurements (hydrological, ecological, oceanographic, etc)
Hydrology (measured parameters): River water level, water temperature, discharge
Ecology (measured parameters): Plant communities, species, Composition and biodiversity, Biomass
Vegetation coverage
Oceanography (measured parameters):
Other thematic linkages:
Linkages to satellite data (describe validation programs, applications of satellite data, etc.)
Glacier Variations( including terminus, area, snowline)
Participation in international monitoring programmes such as GAW, GTN-G, GTN-P, ….
Networks and start of contribution: