Increasing Tibetan Plateau terrestrial evapotranspiration primarily driven by precipitation

N Ma, Y Zhang - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2022 - Elsevier
While terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) from the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a key role in
modulating water storage change in the Asian Water Tower, the magnitude, trend, and …

[HTML][HTML] Holocene hydroclimatic variations on the Tibetan Plateau: an isotopic perspective

D Wu, X Ma, Z Yuan, AL Hillman, J Zhang, J Chen… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is much debate regarding the temporal and spatial pattern of hydroclimate variations
on the Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene, focusing especially on the dipolar pattern of …

Warming-induced monsoon precipitation phase change intensifies glacier mass loss in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

A Jouberton, TE Shaw, E Miles… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Glaciers are key components of the mountain water towers of Asia and are vital for
downstream domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses. The glacier mass loss rate over the …

Human activities have reduced plant diversity in eastern China over the last two millennia

X Cao, F Tian, U Herzschuh, J Ni, Q Xu… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the history and regional singularities of human impact on vegetation is key to
developing strategies for sustainable ecosystem management. In this study, fossil and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal variations in water conservation function of the Tibetan Plateau under climate change based on InVEST model

Y Wang, A Ye, D Peng, C Miao, Z Di, W Gong - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region The Tibetan Plateau, known as the “Water Tower of Asia”, is the
source of many rivers in Asia, and its water conservation function is the basis for the …

[HTML][HTML] High-quality reconstruction of China's natural streamflow

C Miao, J Gou, B Fu, Q Tang, Q Duan, Z Chen, H Lei… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Reconstruction of natural streamflow is fundamental to the sustainable management of
water resources. In China, previous reconstructions from sparse and poor-quality gauge …

Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau permafrost at risk in the late 21st century

G Zhang, Z Nan, N Hu, Z Yin, L Zhao, G Cheng… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming has led to permafrost degradation worldwide. The Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau
(QTP) hosts most of the world's alpine permafrost, yet its impending changes remain largely …

A daily and 500 m coupled evapotranspiration and gross primary production product across China during 2000–2020

S He, Y Zhang, N Ma, J Tian, D Kong… - Earth System Science …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Accurate high-resolution actual evapotranspiration (ET) and gross primary production (GPP)
information is essential for understanding the large-scale water and carbon dynamics …

The effect of drought on vegetation gross primary productivity under different vegetation types across China from 2001 to 2020

X Wu, R Zhang, VA Bento, S Leng, J Qi, J Zeng… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Highlights Two drought indices (SPEI and VPD) were used to characterize the degree of
dryness/wetness. The water deficit represented by two drought indices was mostly …

A shift in the dominant role of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit and soil moisture on vegetation greening in China

Y Cheng, L Liu, L Cheng, K Fa, X Liu, Z Huo… - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Although evidence of ecosystem productivity to vapor pressure deficit (VPD) and soil
moisture (SM) is abundant, their respective effects remain unclear due to tightly land …