Terrestrial Water Storage Changes of Permafrost in the Three-River Source Region of the Tibetan Plateau, China

Table 2

Amount of water storage change (WSC) over different types of permafrost in the Three-River Source Region during 2003–2010.

Region	Rate of change (mm/a) ()	2003–2010 WSC (10^9 m^3)
Continuous permafrost	10.29 ± 0.37	13.94 ± 0.48
Seasonal permafrost	6.67 ± 0.45	6.90 ± 0.43
Patchy permafrost	7.81 ± 0.38	0.61 ± 0.03
Island permafrost	4.43 ± 0.71	0.44 ± 0.06