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Spatial patterns of wet season precipitation vertical gradients on the Tibetan Plateau and the surroundings
Cuo, L (Cuo, Lan)1,2,3; Zhang, YX (Zhang, Yongxin)4,5; Cuo, L
Source PublicationSCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2017
Volume7Issue:0Pages:5057
DOI10.1038/s41598-017-05345-6
AbstractThe Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding (TPS) with its vast land mass and high elevation affects regional climate and weather. The TPS is also the headwater of 9 major Asian rivers that provide fresh water for 1.65 billion people and many ecosystems, with wet season (May-September) precipitation being the critical component of the fresh water. Using station observations, ERA-Interim and MERRA2 reanalysis, we find that wet season precipitation displays vertical gradients (i.e., changes with elevation) that vary within the region on the TPS. The decrease of precipitation with elevation occurs in the interior TPS with elevation larger than 4000 m, little or no change over the southeastern TPS, and increase elsewhere. The increase of precipitation with elevation is caused by increasing convective available potential energy (CAPE) and decreasing lifting condensation level (LCL) with elevation overwhelming the effects of decreasing total column water vapor (TCWV) with elevation. The decreasing precipitation with elevation is due to the combined effects of increasing LCL and decreasing TCWV. LCL and CAPE play a more important role than TCWV in determining the spatial patterns. These findings are important for hydrology study in observation scarce mountainous areas, water resources and ecosystem managements in the region.
Subject Area自然地理学
WOS IDWOS:000405172600024
Language英语
Indexed BySCI
KeywordAsian Summer Monsoon Climate-change Possible Mechanisms Variability Moisture Reanalysis Evolution Himalaya Heat
WOS Research AreaScience & Technology - Other Topics
WOS SubjectMultidisciplinary Sciences ; Science & Technology - Other Topics
Cooperation Status国际
SubtypeArticle
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Identifierhttp://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/8033
Collection图书馆
Corresponding AuthorCuo, L
Affiliation1.Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China.
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing, Peoples R China.
3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China.
4.Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, Res Applicat Lab, POB 3000, Boulder, CO 80307 USA.
5.Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, Climate & Global Dynam Lab, POB 3000, Boulder, CO 80307 USA.
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Cuo, L ,Zhang, YX ,Cuo, L. Spatial patterns of wet season precipitation vertical gradients on the Tibetan Plateau and the surroundings[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2017,7(0):5057.
APA Cuo, L ,Zhang, YX ,&Cuo, L.(2017).Spatial patterns of wet season precipitation vertical gradients on the Tibetan Plateau and the surroundings.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,7(0),5057.
MLA Cuo, L ,et al."Spatial patterns of wet season precipitation vertical gradients on the Tibetan Plateau and the surroundings".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7.0(2017):5057.
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