Response of hydrological cycle to recent climate changes in the Tibetan Plateau

• Published in: Climatic change Vol. 109; no. 3-4; pp. 517 - 534
• Main Authors: Yang, Kun, Ye, Baisheng, Zhou, Degang, Wu, Bingyi, Foken, Thomas, Qin, Jun, Zhou, Zhaoye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2011; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Air temperature; Arid zones; Atmospheric Sciences; autumn; China; Climate change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Evaporation; Evaporation rate; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; heat transfer; Humid areas; humid zones; Humidity; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrologic sciences; Hydrology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; Hypotheses; Laboratories; Meteorology; Moisture content; plateaus; Precipitation; Radiation; Runoff; simulation models; Soil water; soil water storage; Solar radiation; summer; Surface water; Trends; Vapor pressure; vapors; Water balance; Water budget; Water resources; Water storage; Wind; Wind speed; winter; Far East; Asia; China; Qinghai-Xizang Plateau; Tibetan Plateau; Tibetan Plateau; Vapor Pressure Deficit; China Meteorological Administration; Arid Zone; Humid Zone; water balance; Impact study; digital simulation; hydrologic cycle; Ground surface; climate change

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) surfaces have been experiencing an overall rapid warming and wetting while wind speed and solar radiation have been declining in the last three decades. This study investigated how climate changes influenced the hydrological cycle on the TP during 1984∼2006. To facilitate th...