High-precision extraction and dynamics of thermokarst lakes in the Three Rivers Source Region using the SVM coupled edge-OTSU based on Sentinel-1 data - Wangping Li; Rongqi Wan; Xiaodong Wu; Xiaoqiang Cheng; Yadong Liu; Yanjun Bian; Heng Du; Niu Wang; Wenbo Wei; Zhaoye Zhou; Xiuxia Zhang; Defu Zou (CATENA, 2026)

Physics-informed machine learning of hyporheic exchange driven by channel blockage and riverbed morphodynamics - Hang Li; Linlin Li; Defu Liu; Genguang Zhang; Jiahao Zou; Yu Lei; Canyong Li (Journal of Hydrology, 2026)

Parameterization of ground ice dynamics in permafrost models: Advances, challenges, and future directions - Yifan Wu; Guojie Hu; Lin Zhao; Zhe Sun; Bowen Zhang; Yao Xiao; Defu Zou; Guangyue Liu; Xiaofan Zhu; Tonghua Wu; Xiaodong Wu; Wenxin Zhang; et al. (Earth-Science Reviews, 2026)

Deciphering the impact of soil nutrients on diversity and functional genes of bacteria within the upper 3 m soil under different land cover types - Xiaoying Fan; Xiaodong Wu; Qian Luo; Tonghua Wu; Guimin Liu; Defu Zou; Guojie Hu; Yadong Liu; Xianhua Wei; Xuchun Yan; Yongxiang Liu; Sizhong Yang; et al. (CATENA, 2026)

Near-surface ground ice map of the Northern Hemisphere - Bingquan Wang; Youhua Ran; Xin Li; Jan Hjort; Olli Karjalainen; Qingbai Wu; Yu Sheng; Huijun Jin; Defu Zou; Lin Zhao; Rui Ma; Ziyong Sun; et al. (Science Bulletin, 2026)

The crucial role of ground ice in slowing permafrost degradation - Guojie Hu; Zhe Sun; Lin Zhao; Deliang Chen; Defu Zou; Chien-Lu Ping; Wenxin Zhang; Yao Xiao; Guangyue Liu; Ren Li; Xiaodong Wu; Yifan Wu; et al. (Science Bulletin, 2026)

Benchmarking and lightweight correction of daily near-surface air temperature products over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau - Nan Zhou; Yao Xiao; Lin Zhao; Guojie Hu; Lingxiao Wang; Chong Wang; Ren Li; Guangyue Liu; Defu Zou; Xiangfei Li (Atmospheric Research, 2026)

High-resolution (30 m) mapping of permafrost distribution in the Genhe River Basin, Greater Khingan Mountains, Northeast China - Xueling Jiao; Lin Zhao; Defu Zou; Lingxiao Wang; Chong Wang; Yuanwei Wang; Guojie Hu; Erji Du; Yao Xiao; Guangyue Liu; Shibo Liu; Yuxin Zhang; et al. (Journal of Mountain Science, 2026)

Evaluation of stability and cooling engineering effectiveness of the Qinghai-Tibet transportation routes: A first comprehensive assessment using space geodetic observations - Lingxiao Wang; Lin Zhao; Shibo Liu; Huayun Zhou; Guojie Hu; Defu Zou; Erji Du; Guangyue Liu; Yao Xiao; Yueli Chen; Jianting Zhao; Wei Chen; et al. (Engineering Geology, 2026)

Spatial distribution of vegetation type in the Genhe River Basin based on multi-source data - Zhinan Zhou; Chong Wang; Lin Zhao; Defu Zou; Guangyue Liu; Shibo Liu; Lingxiao Wang; Guojie Hu; Zanpin Xing; Erji Du; Yao Xiao; Xueling Jiao (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2025)

Quantifying the soil water content of the permafrost active layer using InSAR deformation - Erji Du; Lingxiao Wang; Lin Zhao; Huayun Zhou; Shibo Liu; Defu Zou; Guangyue Liu; Yao Xiao; Guojie Hu; Zhibin Li; Junqiang Gao; Chong Wang; et al. (Journal of Hydrology, 2025)

Threshold-governed insulating and cooling effects of snow cover on alpine permafrost: evidence from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau - Yao Xiao; Guojie Hu; Ren Li; Tonghua Wu; Xiaodong Wu; Guangyue Liu; Defu Zou; Zanpin Xing; Jimin Yao; Chong Wang; Lin Zhao (Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2025)

Improving the moving-grid permafrost model to reveal ground deformation and hydrothermal effects caused by permafrost evolution in the source region of the Yangtze river on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau - Zhe Sun; Lin Zhao; Guojie Hu; Shibo Liu; Yongping Qiao; Erji Du; Defu Zou; Guangyue Liu; Lingxiao Wang; Jianting Zhao (Environmental Modelling & Software, 2025)

A coupled model of surface water-groundwater interaction with the effect of riverbed deformation in the alluvial channel - Linlin Li; Hang Li; Genguang Zhang; Defu Liu; Yao Xiao; Ying Liu; Jiahao Zou (CATENA, 2025)

Land cover types and depth regulate carbon and nitrogen cycle functional genes in permafrost regions on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - Xiaoying Fan; Xiaodong Wu; Dejincuo Ma; Tonghua Wu; Guimin Liu; Haiyan Xu; Defu Zou; Guojie Hu; Yadong Liu; Xianhua Wei; Xuchun Yan; Yongxiang Liu; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2025)

The surface features and internal structure of an integrated open system pingo in the source area of the Yangtze River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - Guangyue Liu; Yao Xiao; Guojie Hu; Tonghua Wu; Xiaodong Wu; Lingxiao Wang; Changwei Xie; Defu Zou; Erji Du; Yonghua Zhao; Yingying Lu; Lin Zhao (CATENA, 2025)

Ground surface deformation in permafrost region on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A review - Shibo Liu; Lin Zhao; Lingxiao Wang; Lin Liu; Defu Zou; Guojie Hu; Zhe Sun; Yuxin Zhang; Wei Chen; Xueying Wang; Meng Wang; Huayun Zhou; et al. (Earth-Science Reviews, 2025)

Retrieval of 1 km surface soil moisture from Sentinel-1 over bare soil and grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau - Zanpin Xing; Lin Zhao; Lei Fan; Gabrielle De Lannoy; Xiaojing Bai; Xiangzhuo Liu; Jian Peng; Frédéric Frappart; Kun Yang; Xin Li; Zhilan Zhou; Xiaojun Li; et al. (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2025)

Process and mechanism analysis of typical permafrost area surface deformation at two sites along the Qinghai-Tibet highway based on long-term leveling observation - Shibo Liu; Lin Zhao; Lingxiao Wang; Defu Zou; Guojie Hu; Zhe Sun; Huayun Zhou; Yongping Qiao (Science of The Total Environment, 2024)

Spatiotemporal changes and management measure to enhance ecosystem services in the Mongolian Plateau - Xianhua Wei; Xiaodong Wu; Dong Wang; Tonghua Wu; Ren Li; Guojie Hu; Defu Zou; Keyu Bai; Yadong Liu; Xuchun Yan; Xiaoying Fan; Avirmed Dashtseren; et al. (Environmental Development, 2024)

Large variability in permafrost degradation over the Northern Hemisphere - Guojie Hu; Lin Zhao; Defu Zou; Xiaodong Wu; Ren Li; Xiaofan Zhu; Youqi Su; Tonghua Wu; Yifan Wu; Jie Ni (CATENA, 2024)

Use of a new Tibetan Plateau network for permafrost to characterize satellite-based products errors: An application to soil moisture and freeze/thaw - Jingyao Zheng; Tianjie Zhao; Haishen Lü; Defu Zou; Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez; Arnaud Mialon; Philippe Richaume; Jianshe Xiao; Jun Ma; Lei Fan; Peilin Song; Yonghua Zhu; et al. (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024)

Spatiotemporal variations and driving factors for potential wind erosion on the Mongolian Plateau - Xianhua Wei; Xiaodong Wu; Dong Wang; Tonghua Wu; Ren Li; Guojie Hu; Defu Zou; Keyu Bai; Xin Ma; Yadong Liu; Xuchun Yan; Xiaoying Fan; et al. (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Water and heat coupling processes and its simulation in frozen soils: Current status and future research directions - Guojie Hu; Lin Zhao; Ren Li; Hotaek Park; Xiaodong Wu; Youqi Su; Georg Guggenberger; Tonghua Wu; Defu Zou; Xiaofan Zhu; Wenxin Zhang; Yifan Wu; et al. (CATENA, 2023)

Long-term soil temperature dynamics of the Kunlun Pass permafrost region on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau - Guojie Hu; Lin Zhao; Tonghua Wu; Xiaodong Wu; Ren Li; Xiaofan Zhu; Defu Zou; Junming Hao; Wangping Li (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2022)

Association between long-term occupational manganese exposure and bone quality among retired workers - Defu Li; Xiaoting Ge; Zhenfang Liu; Lulu Huang; Yanting Zhou; Peng Liu; Lian Qin; Suzhen Lin; Chaoqun Liu; Qingzhi Hou; Longman Li; Hong Cheng; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Spatiotemporal changes of freezing/thawing indices and their response to recent climate change on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau from 1980 to 2013 - Tonghua Wu; Yanhui Qin; Xiaodong Wu; Ren Li; Defu Zou; Changwei Xie (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2018)

Temporal and spatial variations of global solar radiation over the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau during the past 40 years - Ren Li; Lin Zhao; Tonghua Wu; Yongjian Ding; Yufei Xin; Defu Zou; Yao Xiao; Yongliang Jiao; Yanhui Qin; Linchan Sun (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2013)