Modeling hydrological process in a glacier basin on the central Tibetan Plateau with a distributed hydrology soil vegetation model | |
Zhang, GS (Zhang, Guoshuai)1; Kang, SC (Kang, Shichang)2,3; Cuo, L (Cuo, Lan)1,3; Qu, B (Qu, Bin)2,4; Kang, SC | |
Source Publication | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES |
2016 | |
Volume | 121Issue:16Pages:9521-9539 |
DOI | 10.1002/2016JD025434 |
Abstract | A mass and energy balance-based glacier melt module was coupled with the spatially distributed hydrological soil vegetation model and used to simulate the basin-scale water and energy balance in the Zhadang glacier basin. Observed hourly meteorological data from 2011 to 2014 were used as model forcing data. The basin-scale simulations were evaluated at both the point and areal scales using albedo, temperature, and height change on the glacier surface, as well as the mass balance and streamflow of the whole basin. The analysis showed that the model could effectively reproduce the key elements of the energy and mass balance of the Zhadang basin. The analysis demonstrates that radiation was the most important energy component accounting for 80% of total surface energy. On average, glacier runoff contributed to 64% of the total basin discharge during the study period. The overall streamflow was controlled by the glacier mass balance in 2012 and 2014, while temperature and precipitation affected hydrological processes the most during 2011 and 2013. Both high temperature and precipitation resulted in high total basin streamflow but via different mechanisms. High temperatures increase glacier mass loss and glacier melt runoff, whereas high precipitation decreases glacier melt runoff but produces high runoff in nonglacier areas. The early onset of the Indian monsoon with high snowfall reduces glacier surface melt but sustains basin discharge, positively affecting for water resources. |
Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
WOS ID | WOS:000386207200015 |
Language | 英语 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Keyword | Energy-balance Model Nam Co Basin Mass-balance Climate-change River-basin Water Availability Zhadang Glacier Glaciohydrological Model Forested Catchments Summer-accumulation |
Cooperation Status | 国际 |
Department | 环境 |
Subtype | Article |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7621 |
Collection | 图书馆 |
Corresponding Author | Kang, SC |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Res Inst, State Key Lab Cryospher Sci, Lanzhou, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Lappeenranta Univ Technol, Lab Green Chem, Lappeenranta, Finland |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, GS ,Kang, SC ,Cuo, L ,et al. Modeling hydrological process in a glacier basin on the central Tibetan Plateau with a distributed hydrology soil vegetation model[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,2016,121(16):9521-9539. |
APA | Zhang, GS ,Kang, SC ,Cuo, L ,Qu, B ,&Kang, SC.(2016).Modeling hydrological process in a glacier basin on the central Tibetan Plateau with a distributed hydrology soil vegetation model.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,121(16),9521-9539. |
MLA | Zhang, GS ,et al."Modeling hydrological process in a glacier basin on the central Tibetan Plateau with a distributed hydrology soil vegetation model".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 121.16(2016):9521-9539. |
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