Possible recent warming hiatus on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau derived from ice core records
Abstract Many studies have reported enhanced warming trend on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), even during the warming hiatus period. However, most of these studies are based on instrumental data largely collected from the eastern TP, whereas the temperature trend over the extensive northwestern TP remains...
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crspringernat:10.1038/srep32813 2023-05-15T16:38:54+02:00 Possible recent warming hiatus on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau derived from ice core records An, Wenling Hou, Shugui Zhang, Wangbin Wu, Shuangye Xu, Hao Pang, Hongxi Wang, Yetang Liu, Yaping 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32813 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep32813.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/srep32813 en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Scientific Reports volume 6, issue 1 ISSN 2045-2322 Multidisciplinary journal-article 2016 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32813 2022-01-04T09:21:22Z Abstract Many studies have reported enhanced warming trend on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), even during the warming hiatus period. However, most of these studies are based on instrumental data largely collected from the eastern TP, whereas the temperature trend over the extensive northwestern TP remains uncertain due to few meteorological stations. Here we combined the stable isotopic δ 18 O record of an ice core recovered in 2012 from the Chongce glacier with the δ 18 O records of two other ice cores (i.e., Muztagata and Zangser Kangri) in the same region to establish a regional temperature series for the northwestern TP. The reconstruction shows a significant warming trend with a rate of 0.74 ± 0.12 °C/decade for the period 1970–2000, but a decreasing trend from 2001 to 2012. This is consistent with the reduction of warming rates during the recent decade observed at the only two meteorological stations on the northwestern TP, even though most stations on the eastern TP have shown persistent warming during the same period. Our results suggest a possible recent warming hiatus on the northwestern TP. This could have contributed to the relatively stable status of glaciers in this region. Article in Journal/Newspaper ice core Springer Nature (via Crossref) Scientific Reports 6 1 |
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Abstract Many studies have reported enhanced warming trend on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), even during the warming hiatus period. However, most of these studies are based on instrumental data largely collected from the eastern TP, whereas the temperature trend over the extensive northwestern TP remains uncertain due to few meteorological stations. Here we combined the stable isotopic δ 18 O record of an ice core recovered in 2012 from the Chongce glacier with the δ 18 O records of two other ice cores (i.e., Muztagata and Zangser Kangri) in the same region to establish a regional temperature series for the northwestern TP. The reconstruction shows a significant warming trend with a rate of 0.74 ± 0.12 °C/decade for the period 1970–2000, but a decreasing trend from 2001 to 2012. This is consistent with the reduction of warming rates during the recent decade observed at the only two meteorological stations on the northwestern TP, even though most stations on the eastern TP have shown persistent warming during the same period. Our results suggest a possible recent warming hiatus on the northwestern TP. This could have contributed to the relatively stable status of glaciers in this region. |
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Possible recent warming hiatus on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau derived from ice core records |
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Possible recent warming hiatus on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau derived from ice core records |
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Possible recent warming hiatus on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau derived from ice core records |
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