Recent ground thermo-hydrological changes in a southern Tibetan endorheic catchment and implications for lake level changes

• Main Authors: Martin, Léo C. P., Westermann, Sebastian, Magni, Michele, Brun, Fanny, Fiddes, Joel, Lei, Yanbin, Kraaijenbrink, Philip, Mathys, Tamara, Langer, Moritz, Allen, Simon, Immerzeel, Walter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2023
• Subjects: 550 Geowissenschaften; ddc:550; Rapid Lake; permafrost
• Online Access: http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/29279; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/29279-2; https://doi.org/10.18452/28664; https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4409-2023

Climate change modifies the water and energy fluxes between the atmosphere and the surface in mountainous regions such as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), which has shown substantial hydrological changes over the last decades, including rapid lake level variations. The ground across the QTP hosts ei...