概述
主要從事多年凍土動態變化、活動層水熱耦合過程及其環境效應等方面的研究工作。主要學術成就包括,系統分析總結了氣候變化背景下青藏高原近代多年凍土和季節凍土的變化;對活動層的凍融過程進行了劃分,並深入研究了各階段的水熱耦合和遷移過程及其生態環境效應。曾獲中國科學院方樹泉獎學金,甘肅省科技進步三等獎。目前參加和主持各類科研項目8項,包括973項目1項、國家基礎平台建設項目1項、自然科學基金項目1項、中國科學院創新工程重點方向項目3項,地方委託項目2項,已發表論文30餘篇,其中SCI收錄論文8篇,合著專著4部。
代表論著
1. Zhao Lin, Chen Guichen, Cheng Guodong, etc. Chapther 6: Permafrost: Status, Variation and Impacts[M]. In: Du Zheng, Qingsong Zhang and Shaohong Wu eds., Mountain Geoecology and Sustainable Development of the Tibetan Plateau. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Kluwer/Boston/London, 2000, 113~138. 2. Zhao Lin, Qiu Guoqing and Jin Huijun, 2000. Environmental changes in the Upper-Reach of Urumqi River in the past 10000 years, Tianshan, China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 44: 205-210. 3. Zhao L., Cheng G., Li S., Thawing and freezing processes of active layer in Wudaoliang region of TIbetan Plateau[J]. Chinese Science Bulletin,2000, 45(23):2181-2186。 4. Lin Zhao, Chien-Lu Ping, Daqing Yang, et al., Changes of Climate and Seasonally Frozen Ground over the Past 30 Years in Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau, China. Global and Planetary Change, 2004,43:19-31