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

Table 3

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

Region	Amplitude (mm)	Period (month)	Annual precipitation (mm)
Continuous permafrost	78.9	103.3	384.7
Seasonal permafrost	23.8	19.0	622.2
Patchy permafrost	24.5	20.2	640.2
Island permafrost	29.0	12.0	571.8