| Does summer precipitation trend over and around the Tibetan Plateau depend on elevation? | |
| Li, XP (Li, Xiuping)1; Wang, L (Wang, Lei)1,2,3; Guo, XY (Guo, Xiaoyu)1,3; Chen, DL (Chen, Deliang)4; Li, XP | |
| Source Publication | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
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| 2017 | |
| Volume | 37Issue:0Pages:1278-1284 |
| DOI | 10.1002/joc.4978 |
| Abstract | The Tibetan Plateau (TP) experienced a rapid warming and wetting in recent decades. The elevation dependence of warming rate has been established, while the question of trend in precipitation against the elevation gradient remains open. By using the in situ observation of precipitation, air temperature, and surface specific humidity from 91 stations over and around the TP, this study investigated how the trends in summer precipitation varied along the elevation gradient over and around the TP during the period 1970-2014. The major findings are as follows: (1) the trends in summer precipitation from 1970 to 2014 displayed an increasing tendency at a rate of 0.83% decade(-1) km(-1) with the increased elevation, and the rate for 1991-2014 (2.23% decade(-1) km(-1)) is even greater and (2) the temporal trends in surface air temperature, surface specific humidity (surface water vapour) from in situ observations and total column of water vapour from Japanese 55-year reanalysis (JRA-55) data overmost stations consistently display similar elevation dependence, which provides a plausible explanation for the elevation dependence of the summer precipitation trends based on the Clausius-Clapeyron relationship. The large-scale atmospheric circulations are other possible factors influencing the elevation dependence of summer precipitation trends, which needs further investigations. |
| Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000417298600087 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Keyword | Increased Atmospheric Co2 Climate-change Model Variability Simulation Gradients Humidity Altitude Impacts Regions |
| WOS Research Area | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| WOS Subject | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Cooperation Status | 国际 |
| Subtype | Article |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/8007 |
| Collection | 图书馆 |
| Corresponding Author | Li, XP |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Lincui Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China. 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China. 4.Univ Gothenburg, Dept Earth Sci, Reg Climate Grp, Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Li, XP ,Wang, L ,Guo, XY ,et al. Does summer precipitation trend over and around the Tibetan Plateau depend on elevation?[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY,2017,37(0):1278-1284. |
| APA | Li, XP ,Wang, L ,Guo, XY ,Chen, DL ,&Li, XP.(2017).Does summer precipitation trend over and around the Tibetan Plateau depend on elevation?.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY,37(0),1278-1284. |
| MLA | Li, XP ,et al."Does summer precipitation trend over and around the Tibetan Plateau depend on elevation?".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY 37.0(2017):1278-1284. |
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