Response of Tibetan Plateau’s lakes to climate changes:trend, pattern, and mechanisms
The wide distribution of natural lakes over the Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau on Earth, have received extensive attention due to global warming. In this Review, we examine alpine lake evolution, spatial patterns and driving mechanisms. The changes in lake area, level and volume sh...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/5b2f8c77-3800-42e1-b430-7b4ab6114e3d 2023-05-15T16:37:41+02:00 Response of Tibetan Plateau’s lakes to climate changes:trend, pattern, and mechanisms Zhang, Guoqing Yao, Tandong Xie, Hongjie Yang, Kun Zhu, Liping Shum, C.K. Bolch, Tobias Yi, Shuang Allen, Simon Jiang, Liguang Chen, Wenfeng Ke, Changqing 2020-09 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/response-of-tibetan-plateaus-lakes-to-climate-changes(5b2f8c77-3800-42e1-b430-7b4ab6114e3d).html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103269 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Zhang , G , Yao , T , Xie , H , Yang , K , Zhu , L , Shum , C K , Bolch , T , Yi , S , Allen , S , Jiang , L , Chen , W & Ke , C 2020 , ' Response of Tibetan Plateau’s lakes to climate changes : trend, pattern, and mechanisms ' , Earth-Science Reviews , vol. 208 , 103269 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103269 Tibetan Plateau Lake evolution Remote sensing Climate change Hydrological cycle article 2020 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103269 2021-12-26T14:37:02Z The wide distribution of natural lakes over the Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau on Earth, have received extensive attention due to global warming. In this Review, we examine alpine lake evolution, spatial patterns and driving mechanisms. The changes in lake area, level and volume show a slight decrease from 1976 to the mid-1990s, followed by a continuous rapid increase. The spatial patterns show an overall lake growth in the north of the inner plateau against a reduction in the south, which are accompanied by most of the lakes cooling in the north against warming in the south, and longer ice cover duration in the north compared with the south. The changes in lake temperature are negatively correlated with water level variations and lake ice duration. Enhanced precipitation is the dominant contributor to increased lake water storage, followed by glacier mass loss and permafrost thawing. The decadal lake expansion since the mid-1990s could have been driven by the positive phase of Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, and clear inflection points of lake area/level identified in 1997/1998 and 2015/2016 are attributed to strong El Niño events. In the near-term, the lakes will continue to expand. Future interdisciplinary lake studies are urgently required to improve understanding of climate-cryosphere-hydrosphere interactions and water resource management. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost University of St Andrews: Research Portal Alpine Lake ENVELOPE(-129.182,-129.182,55.529,55.529) Earth-Science Reviews 208 103269 |
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The wide distribution of natural lakes over the Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau on Earth, have received extensive attention due to global warming. In this Review, we examine alpine lake evolution, spatial patterns and driving mechanisms. The changes in lake area, level and volume show a slight decrease from 1976 to the mid-1990s, followed by a continuous rapid increase. The spatial patterns show an overall lake growth in the north of the inner plateau against a reduction in the south, which are accompanied by most of the lakes cooling in the north against warming in the south, and longer ice cover duration in the north compared with the south. The changes in lake temperature are negatively correlated with water level variations and lake ice duration. Enhanced precipitation is the dominant contributor to increased lake water storage, followed by glacier mass loss and permafrost thawing. The decadal lake expansion since the mid-1990s could have been driven by the positive phase of Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, and clear inflection points of lake area/level identified in 1997/1998 and 2015/2016 are attributed to strong El Niño events. In the near-term, the lakes will continue to expand. Future interdisciplinary lake studies are urgently required to improve understanding of climate-cryosphere-hydrosphere interactions and water resource management. |
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Zhang, Guoqing Yao, Tandong Xie, Hongjie Yang, Kun Zhu, Liping Shum, C.K. Bolch, Tobias Yi, Shuang Allen, Simon Jiang, Liguang Chen, Wenfeng Ke, Changqing |
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Response of Tibetan Plateau’s lakes to climate changes:trend, pattern, and mechanisms |
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Response of Tibetan Plateau’s lakes to climate changes:trend, pattern, and mechanisms |
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Response of Tibetan Plateau’s lakes to climate changes:trend, pattern, and mechanisms |
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Response of Tibetan Plateau’s lakes to climate changes:trend, pattern, and mechanisms |
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Zhang , G , Yao , T , Xie , H , Yang , K , Zhu , L , Shum , C K , Bolch , T , Yi , S , Allen , S , Jiang , L , Chen , W & Ke , C 2020 , ' Response of Tibetan Plateau’s lakes to climate changes : trend, pattern, and mechanisms ' , Earth-Science Reviews , vol. 208 , 103269 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103269 |
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