The imbalance of the Asian water tower

T Yao, T Bolch, D Chen, J Gao, W Immerzeel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalayan system, named the Third Pole because it
is the largest global store of frozen water after the polar regions, provides a reliable water …

Why has the inner Tibetan Plateau become wetter since the mid-1990s?

J Sun, K Yang, W Guo, Y Wang, J He… - Journal of Climate, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Inner Tibetan Plateau (ITP; also called the Qiangtang Plateau) appears to have
experienced an overall wetting in summer (June, July, and August) since the mid-1990s …

Atmospheric moisture transport versus precipitation across the Tibetan Plateau: A mini-review and current challenges

Y Ma, M Lu, H Chen, M Pan, Y Hong - Atmospheric Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP), being an average of surpassing 4000 m above sea level
and around 2.5× 10 6 km 2, is the highest and largest plateau in the world and also called as …

Comprehensive estimation of lake volume changes on the Tibetan Plateau during 1976–2019 and basin-wide glacier contribution

G Zhang, T Bolch, W Chen, JF Crétaux - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Volume changes and water balances of the lakes on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) are spatially
heterogeneous and the lake-basin scale drivers remain unclear. In this study, we …

South Asian black carbon is threatening the water sustainability of the Asian Water Tower

J Yang, S Kang, D Chen, L Zhao, Z Ji, K Duan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Long-range transport of black carbon from South Asia to the Tibetan plateau and its
deposition on glaciers directly enhances glacier melt. Here we find South Asian black …

Impact of developing ENSO on Tibetan Plateau summer rainfall

S Hu, T Zhou, B Wu - Journal of Climate, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The year-to-year variations of Tibetan Plateau (TP) summer rainfall have tremendous
climate impacts on the adjoining and even global climate, attracting extensive research …

Observation-constrained projections reveal longer-than-expected dry spells

IY Petrova, DG Miralles, F Brient, MG Donat, SK Min… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Climate models indicate that dry extremes will be exacerbated in many regions of the world,.
However, confidence in the magnitude and timing of these projected changes remains low …

Extreme lake level changes on the Tibetan Plateau associated with the 2015/2016 El Niño

Y Lei, Y Zhu, B Wang, T Yao, K Yang… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although the impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is reflected
through stable isotopes of precipitation and ice cores, the hydroclimate response of TP lakes …

Contributions of moisture sources to precipitation in the major drainage basins in the Tibetan Plateau

Y Li, F Su, Q Tang, H Gao, D Yan, H Peng… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
Tracking and quantifying the moisture sources of precipitation in different drainage basins in
the Tibetan Plateau (TP) help to reveal basin-scale hydrological cycle characteristics under …

High spatial resolution WRF-Chem model over Asia: Physics and chemistry evaluation

P Sicard, P Crippa, A De Marco, S Castruccio… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The representation of air quality and meteorology over Asia remains challenging for
chemical transport models as a result of the complex interactions between the East Asian …