elevation of over 4,500 m and contains the world's third largest store of ice. It occupies a
climatic transition zone between the Asian monsoons and westerly airflow. As a result of this
location, the region is sensitive to changes in climate on timescales of decades to millennia
and longer. Long-term data are needed to evaluate climatic changes and their impact on
ecosystems, but in areas as remote as the Tibetan Plateau, long-term instrumental records …