Recent climate changes over the Tibetan Plateau and their impacts on energy and water cycle: A review

• Published in: Global and planetary change Vol. 112; pp. 79 - 91
• Main Authors: Yang, Kun, Wu, Hui, Qin, Jun, Lin, Changgui, Tang, Wenjun, Chen, Yingying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.01.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: air; atmospheric circulation; Bowen ratio; China; climate change; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; cooling; Earth, ocean, space; energy; evaporation; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; glaciers; heat; hydrologic cycle; lakes; latitude; melting; Meteorology; monsoon season; plateaus; runoff; solar dimming; solar radiation; thermal forcing; warming; water cycle; water vapor; watersheds; wind speed; wind stilling; Far East; Asia; China; Qinghai-Xizang Plateau; warming; wind stilling; thermal forcing; water cycle; solar dimming; Bowen ratio; atmospheric precipitation; Global dimming; climate warming; Convective precipitation; Wind velocity; water balance; energy balance; Review; hydrologic cycle; Forcing; climate change

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) exerts strong thermal forcing on the atmosphere over Asian monsoon region and supplies water resources to adjacent river basins. Recently, the Plateau experienced evident climate changes, which have changed atmospheric and hydrological cycles and thus reshaped the local envi...