Metadata

Station or cluster: CryoNet Cluster
Type: Integrated
WMO ID (if any):
Shape: polygon
Latitude, longitude: 37.5, 96.5
Altitude and/or range (m): 4180; 2500-5483
Landscape: Glacier
Year established: 2006
Year-round? Yes
Operations contact: Shengyun Chen
Science contact: Xiang Qin
Data contact: Yushuo Liu

Qilianshan site
Integrated CryoNet Cluster Information

The Qilian Shan Station of Glaciology and Ecologic Environment (QSSGEE) consists of the Basic Station in Yumen City , Laohugou Station and Suli Station,which is located in the west part of Qilianshan Mountains. The observation of cryospheric component, such as glacier. was initiated in 1958, and ceased in 1962. Afterwards, some short-term scientific expedition to the glacier was taken in the middle of 1970s and the 1980s. In 2006, an integrated cryospheric component monitoring network was resumed at the headwater of the Shule River.

Stations in This Site

This site is comprised of the following stations:

laohugou station - CryoNet Station
Suli station - CryoNet Station

Broad Research Focus

1.Cryospheric Processes: carrying out routine monitoring of various parameters of cryosphere, establishing the glacier dynamics model, glacier/snow/frozen ground mass-energy model, and estimating future changes in glacier/frozen ground.

2.Hydrological Processes and Water Resources: Building the basin hydrological model, which includes glacier changes, snow melt and permafrost thawing?combining the prediction of climate change scenarios, driven hydrological model?Expecting the impact of glaciers, snow cover, permafrost changes on Shule River basin water resources in the future.

3. Ecological Community and its Environmental Change: monitoring the change of various types of vegetation ecological community at different altitudes, and revealing its relationship with environmental change under the law of nature and human activities.

Integrated Approach

integrated glacier-meteorology-hydrology,between frozen ground and ecology,

Representativeness of the Cluster

investigation of the vegetation characteristics and soil environment were conducted and a total of 13 plots were selected along the altitude gradients (2500-4200m)

Cluster Facilities

CAS

Other Networks to Which This CryoNet Cluster Belongs

High-cold region Observation and Research Network for Land surface processes
& Environment of China (HORN)

Data Information

Are the data quality controlled? yes
How are the data accessible?
Data availability (may depend on the variable measured):

Measurements

The measurements made at Qilianshan site are listed in the following tables. This is a combination of measurements made at the stations within the site, where the start and end years in the tables are the earliest and latest years of measurement. (Note: If End Year is blank, measurements are ongoing.)

Cryosphere Measurements

Element	Variable	Start Year
Snow	Depth	2009
Snow	Albedo	2009
Permafrost	Soil temperature	2011
Permafrost	Soil moisture	2011
Permafrost	Thermal state	2011
Permafrost	Distribution (local/regional)	2011
Glacier	Accumulation	2008
Glacier	Ablation	2008
Glacier	Annual mass balance	2008
Glacier	Area	2005
Glacier	Thickness	2009
Glacier	Glacial discharge	2009
Glacier	Velocity	2006
Glacier	Surface topography	2009
Glacier	Surface albedo	2009
Glacier	Ice/firn temperature	2009

Atmosphere Measurements

Element	Variable	Start Year	End Year
Met	Air temperature	2008
Met	Humidity/vapour pressure	2008
Met	Wind speed and direction	2008
Met	Air pressure	2008
Met	Total precipitation	2008
Met	Trace gases	2008	2012
Met	Aerosols	2008
Met	Sensible and latent heat	2008
Radiation	Downwelling shortwave	2008
Radiation	Upwelling shortwave	2008
Radiation	Downwelling longwave	2008
Radiation	Upwelling longwave	2008

Measurement Notes and Other Measurements

Category	Description or List
Hydrology	ions of river water and precipitation ions of river water and precipitation.
Ecology	monitoring the change of various types of vegetation ecological community at different altitudes, monitoring the change of various types of vegetation ecological community at different altitudes, the headwater of the Shule River.

Last updated: 31 May 2017