%0 Dataset
%T Current state and past changes in frozen ground at the Third Pole
%J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center
%I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn)
%U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/34a08e1e-340b-4e0f-a29e-c91df9f51793
%W NCDC
%A Ran Youhua
%A LI Xin
%A CHE Tao 
%A Wang Bingquan
%A Cheng Guodong
%K Permafrost;permafrost;seasonal permafrost;permafrost melting
%X This dataset is part of the data that supports the analysis in the paper "Advances in Climate Change Research" (Ran et al., 2022), including the current (2000-2016) ranges of permafrost, seasonally frozen and unfrozen soils in the Third Pole region (Qinghai Tibet Plateau, Pamir Plateau and Tianshan Mountains), the annual average ground temperature and active layer thickness of permafrost over the past decade since the 1960s, as well as the Third Pole range data in the paper.