DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024728
论文题名: Review on climate change on the Tibetan Plateau during the last half century
作者: Kuang X. ; Jiao J.J.
刊名: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
ISSN: 2169897X
出版年: 2016
卷: 121, 期: 8 起始页码: 3979
结束页码: 4007
语种: 英语
英文关键词: climate change
; evapotranspiration
; precipitation
; temperature
; Tibetan Plateau
; warming
Scopus关键词: climate change
; evapotranspiration
; literature review
; long-term change
; precipitation (climatology)
; relative humidity
; solar radiation
; temperature
; trend analysis
; vapor pressure
; warming
; wind velocity
; China
; Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
英文摘要: The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is undergoing significant warming since the 1950s. During the past two decades, extensive research has been conducted to investigate the climate change on the plateau. This review presents an overview of recent progress on climate change on the TP with the aim of providing a comprehensive understanding of changes in climate variables. Long-term observation data from meteorological stations presented by the published literature were used to show the trends in various climate variables. The TP is overall getting warmer and wetter during the past decades. Temperature is significantly increased, especially since the 1980s. The overall warming rate ranges from 0.16 to 0.67°C decade-1 since the 1950s during different periods. The TP shows a uniform warming trend with the most significant warming in the northern part. Precipitation is slightly increased, and the spatial pattern of changes in precipitation is variable. The annual precipitation is increasing in most areas of the TP. Some subregions are becoming wetter, while some subregions are becoming drier. Pan evaporation, reference evapotranspiration, and potential evapotranspiration have been found to decrease since the 1960s. Actual evapotranspiration is significantly increased since the 1960s. Wind speed and sunshine duration increased up to the 1970s and then decreased significantly afterwards. Relative humidity fluctuated up and down to the end of the 1990s and appeared to decrease afterwards. Vapor pressure deficit shows an overall increasing trend since the 1970s. Causes of changes in the climate variables are presented, and future research directions are recommended. ©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. 资助项目: 41572208
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/62904
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候减缓与适应
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作者单位: Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute (SRI), Shenzhen, China; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Kuang X.,Jiao J.J.. Review on climate change on the Tibetan Plateau during the last half century[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,2016-01-01,121(8)