A dramatic reduction in soil frost depth has been reported for Hokkaido Island of northern
Japan over the last 20 years. Since soil frost strongly affects snowmelt infiltration and runoff …

Recent ice shelf retreat on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula has been principally
attributed to atmospherically driven melt. However, previous studies on the largest of these …

Frozen ground plays an important role in the energy and water cycle of cold regions, and
affects the environment and agricultural practices in these regions. The effect of climate …

In cold regions, thick frozen soil layers can significantly impede snowmelt infiltration and
thus increase runoff of spring snowmelt water. This study aimed to clarify the relationship …

The depth of soil frost is decreasing in cold regions around the world as a result of climate
warming. To evaluate the potential impacts of the reduction in frost depth on the hydrologic …

It has been suggested that soil-thawing and snow-melting are critical triggers for vigorous
emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) from soils in cold regions. However, because soil freezing …

Hydrological processes alter the states and/or locations of water, and so they can be
regarded as being transformations of the properties of the time series of input variables to …

The frequency of snowmelt‐induced soil slope instabilities is increasing in some seasonally
cold regions because of climate change. Reliable hazard assessment and risk mitigation of …

Snowpack accumulation and depletion are important elements of the hydrological cycle in
the Canadian prairies. The surface runoff generated during snowmelt is transformed into …

Application of the energy balance approach to estimate snowmelt inherently presumes that
the external energy fluxes can be measured or modeled with sufficient accuracy to reliably …