| Extensive and drastically different alpine lake changes on Asia's high plateaus during the past four decades | |
| Zhang, GQ (Zhang, Guoqing)1,2; Yao, TD (Yao, Tandong)1,2; Piao, SL (Piao, Shilong)2,3; Bolch, T (Bolch, Tobias)4,5; Xie, HJ (Xie, Hongjie)6; Chen, DL (Chen, Deliang)7; Gao, YH (Gao, Yanhong)8; O'Reilly, CM (O'Reilly, Catherine M.)9; Shum, CK (Shum, C. K.)10,11; Yang, K (Yang, Kun)1,2; Yi, S (Yi, Shuang)12; Lei, YB (Lei, Yanbin)1,2; Wang, WC (Wang, Weicai)1; He, Y (He, You)1; Shang, K (Shang, Kun)11; Yang, XK (Yang, Xiankun)13; Zhang, HB (Zhang, Hongbo)1; Zhang, GQ; Yao, TD | |
| Source Publication | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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| 2017 | |
| Volume | 44Issue:1Pages:252-260 |
| DOI | 10.1002/2016GL072033 |
| Abstract | Asia's high plateaus are sensitive to climate change and have been experiencing rapid warming over the past few decades. We found 99 new lakes and extensive lake expansion on the Tibetan Plateau during the last four decades, 1970-2013, due to increased precipitation and cryospheric contributions to its water balance. This contrasts with disappearing lakes and drastic shrinkage of lake areas on the adjacent Mongolian Plateau: 208 lakes disappeared, and 75% of the remaining lakes have shrunk. We detected a statistically significant coincidental timing of lake area changes in both plateaus, associated with the climate regime shift that occurred during 1997/1998. This distinct change in 1997/1998 is thought to be driven by large-scale atmospheric circulation changes in response to climate warming. Our findings reveal that these two adjacent plateaus have been changing in opposite directions in response to climate change. These findings shed light on the complex role of the regional climate and water cycles and provide useful information for ecological and water resource planning in these fragile landscapes. |
| Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000393954900030 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Keyword | CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU OPEN WATER FEATURES SEA-LEVEL RISE CLIMATE-CHANGE MOISTURE FLUX GLACIAL LAKES INDEX NDWI IMAGERY INVENTORY IMPACTS |
| WOS Research Area | Geology |
| WOS Subject | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| Cooperation Status | 国际 |
| Subtype | Article |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/8396 |
| Collection | 图书馆 |
| Corresponding Author | Zhang, GQ; Yao, TD |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing, Peoples R China. 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China. 3.Peking Univ, Dept Ecol, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China. 4.Univ Zurich, Dept Geog, Zurich, Switzerland. 5.Tech Univ Dresden, Inst Cartog, Dresden, Germany. 6.Univ Texas San Antonio, Lab Remote Sensing & Geoinformat, San Antonio, TX USA. 7.Univ Gothenburg, Dept Earth Sci, Reg Climate Grp, Gothenburg, Sweden. 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Res Inst, Lanzhou, Peoples R China. 9.Illinois State Univ, Dept Geog Geol, Normal, IL 61761 USA. 10.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geodesy & Geophys, Key Lab Geodesy & Earths Dynam, Wuhan, Peoples R China. 11.Ohio State Univ, Div Geodet Sci, Sch Earth Sci, Columbus, OH 43210 USA. 12.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Computat Geodynam, Beijing, Peoples R China. 13.Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Geog, Singapore, Singapore. |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, GQ ,Yao, TD ,Piao, SL ,et al. Extensive and drastically different alpine lake changes on Asia's high plateaus during the past four decades[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2017,44(1):252-260. |
| APA | Zhang, GQ .,Yao, TD .,Piao, SL .,Bolch, T .,Xie, HJ .,...&Yao, TD.(2017).Extensive and drastically different alpine lake changes on Asia's high plateaus during the past four decades.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,44(1),252-260. |
| MLA | Zhang, GQ ,et al."Extensive and drastically different alpine lake changes on Asia's high plateaus during the past four decades".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 44.1(2017):252-260. |
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