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Lin Zhao is affiliated with the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on earth and planetary sciences, with particular emphasis on atmospheric science, environmental engineering, and global and planetary change.

The main topics of Lin Zhao's research include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Soil moisture and remote sensing
  • Soil and unsaturated flow
  • Climate variability and models
  • Landslides and related hazards

Lin Zhao has published extensively in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Remote Sensing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • CATENA
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Among recent publications by Lin Zhao are:

  • Changing climate and the permafrost environment on the Qinghai-Tibet (Xizang) plateau, 2020, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
  • A synthesis dataset of permafrost thermal state for the Qinghai-Tibet (Xizang) Plateau, China, 2021, Earth System Science Data

Lin Zhao collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Guojie Hu
  • Defu Zou
  • Tonghua Wu
  • Xiaodong Wu
  • Yao Xiao

Best Publications

  • A new map of permafrost distribution on the Tibetan Plateau

    Defu Zou;Lin Zhao;Yu Sheng;Ji Chen

  • Thermal state of permafrost and active layer in Central Asia during the international polar year

    Lin Zhao;Qingbai Wu;S.S. Marchenko;N. Sharkhuu

  • Characteristic, changes and impacts of permafrost on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Guodong Cheng;Lin Zhao;Lin Zhao;Ren Li;Xiaodong Wu

  • Changes of climate and seasonally frozen ground over the past 30 years in Qinghai–Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau, China

    Lin Zhao;Chien-Lu Ping;Daqing Yang;Guodong Cheng

  • Changing climate and the permafrost environment on the Qinghai–Tibet (Xizang) plateau

    Lin Zhao;Lin Zhao;Defu Zou;Guojie Hu;Erji Du

  • Temporal and spatial variations of the active layer along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway in a permafrost region

    Ren Li;Lin Zhao;YongJian Ding;TongHua Wu

  • A synthesis dataset of permafrost thermal state for the Qinghai–Tibet (Xizang) Plateau, China

    Lin Zhao;Lin Zhao;Defu Zou;Guojie Hu;Tonghua Wu

  • Permafrost Degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its Environmental Impacts

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  • Frozen soil degradation and its effects on surface hydrology in the northern Tibetan Plateau

    Lan Cuo;Yongxin Zhang;Theodore J. Bohn;Lin Zhao

  • Global warming weakening the inherent stability of glaciers and permafrost

    Yongjian Ding;Shiqiang Zhang;Lin Zhao;Zhongqin Li

  • Review article: Inferring permafrost and permafrost thaw in the mountains of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region

    Stephan Gruber;Renate Fleiner;Emilie Guegan;Prajjwal Panday

  • Effects of permafrost degradation on ecosystems

    Zhao-ping Yang;Yang Hua Ou;Xing-liang Xu;Lin Zhao

  • A first assessment of satellite and reanalysis estimates of surface and root-zone soil moisture over the permafrost region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Zanpin Xing;Lei Fan;Lei Fan;Lin Zhao;Lin Zhao;Gabrielle De Lannoy

  • Thermal regimes and degradation modes of permafrost along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway

    Huijun Jin;Lin Zhao;Shaoling Wang;Rui Jin

  • Effects of irrigation and nitrogen application rates on nitrate nitrogen distribution and fertilizer nitrogen loss, wheat yield and nitrogen uptake on a recently reclaimed sandy farmland

    Qi Wang;Qi Wang;Fengrui Li;Lin Zhao;Enhe Zhang

  • Thawing and freezing processes of active layer in Wudaoliang region of Tibetan Plateau

    Lin Zhao;Guodong Cheng;Shuxun Li;Xinmin Zhao

  • Recent ground surface warming and its effects on permafrost on the central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Tonghua Wu;Lin Zhao;Ren Li;Qinxue Wang

  • Numerical Modeling of the Active Layer Thickness and Permafrost Thermal State Across Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Yanhui Qin;Tonghua Wu;Lin Zhao;Xiaodong Wu

  • The soil carbon/nitrogen ratio and moisture affect microbial community structures in alkaline permafrost-affected soils with different vegetation types on the Tibetan plateau.

    Xinfang Zhang;Shijian Xu;Changming Li;Lin Zhao

  • Variations in soil temperature from 1980 to 2015 in permafrost regions on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau based on observed and reanalysis products

    Guojie Hu;Lin Zhao;Ren Li;Xiaodong Wu

  • Mapping the vegetation distribution of the permafrost zone on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Zhi-wei Wang;Qian Wang;Lin Zhao;Xiao-dong Wu

  • Soil moisture and texture primarily control the soil nutrient stoichiometry across the Tibetan grassland

    Liming Tian;Liming Tian;Lin Zhao;Xiaodong Wu;Hongbing Fang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaodong Wu
Xiaodong Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tonghua Wu
Tonghua Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guojie Hu
Guojie Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongjian Ding
Yongjian Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chuangtian Chen
Chuangtian Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xi Dai
Xi Dai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Guodong Cheng
Guodong Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhong Fang
Zhong Fang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongming Weng
Hongming Weng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiwei Wang
Zhiwei Wang Tongji University

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