1. State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering Northwest Institute of Eco‐Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou China
2. Da Xing'anling Observation and Research Station of Frozen‐Ground Engineering and Environment Northwest Institute of Eco‐Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences Jagdaqi Heilongjiang China
3. School of Civil Engineering Northeast China Forest University Harbin China
4. Departments of Geography and Earth Sciences University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada
5. Department of Geography University of Victoria Victoria British Columbia Canada
6. Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
7. Department of Geography and Ocean Science Nanjing University Nanjing China