Evaporation variability of Nam Co Lake in the Tibetan Plateau and its role in recent rapid lake expansion

• Published in: Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) Vol. 537; pp. 27 - 35
• Main Authors: Ma, Ning, Szilagyi, Jozsef, Niu, Guo-Yue, Zhang, Yinsheng, Zhang, Teng, Wang, Binbin, Wu, Yanhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2016
• Subjects: China; Computer simulation; CRLE model; eddy covariance; Evaporation; Evaporation rate; Freshwater; Ground-based observation; humidity; Hydrology; Lake evaporation; Lake expansion; Lakes; Landscapes; Marine; meteorological data; Nam Co Lake; temperature; Tibetan Plateau; uncertainty; vapors; Wind speed; China, People's Rep., Xizang, Tibetan Plateau; China; Nam Co Lake; Lake expansion; Tibetan Plateau; Lake evaporation; CRLE model; Wind speed

•Lake evaporation modeling without wind speed data.•CRLE model implicitly considers the wind effect via vapor transfer coefficient.•Evaporation decreasing was responsible for 4% of recent rapid Nam Co Lake expansion. Previous studies have shown that the majority of the lakes in the Tibetan Plateau (...