Mesoscale convective systems in the third pole region: Characteristics, mechanisms and impact on precipitation

J Kukulies, HW Lai, J Curio, Z Feng, C Lin… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The climate system of the Third Pole region, including the (TP) and its surroundings, is
highly sensitive to global warming. Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are understood to …

Wet bias of summer precipitation in the northwestern Tibetan Plateau in ERA5 is linked to overestimated lower-level southerly wind over the plateau

T Ou, D Chen, J Tang, C Lin, X Wang, J Kukulies… - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP), also called the Third Pole, is considered to be “the world
water tower”. The northwestern TP (NWTP), which has an average elevation higher than …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal variations of land surface albedo and associated influencing factors on the Tibetan Plateau

G Pang, D Chen, X Wang, HW Lai - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Land surface albedo plays a crucial role in the land surface energy budget and climate. This
paper identified the spatiotemporal variations of surface albedo on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) …

An observational view of rainfall characteristics and evaluation of ERA5 diurnal cycle in the Yarlung Tsangbo Grand Canyon, China

X Chen, D Cao, Y Liu, X Xu, Y Ma - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Yarlung Tsangbo Grand Canyon (YGC), one of the world's deepest canyons, is
located within the East Himalayas, which are remote and poorly instrumented. In this study …

Orbital-scale hydroclimate variations in the southern Tibetan Plateau over the past 414,000 years

H Wang, X Wang, C Pérez-Mejías, Y Li, H Li… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Speleothem oxygen isotope (δ 18 O) constitutes one of key proxies to reconstruct the Indian
and East Asian summer monsoon (ISM and EASM) hydroclimate history on a wide range of …

Increase in seasonal precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau in the 21st century projected using CMIP6 models

R Chen, K Duan, W Shang, P Shi, Y Meng… - Atmospheric Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Precipitation changes over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) substantially impact the downstream
river runoff. However, future precipitation variation over the TP remains unclear. Here, we …

Heterogeneity in spatiotemporal variability of High Mountain Asia's runoff and its underlying mechanisms

Y Zhu, YF Sang, B Wang, A Lutz, S Hu… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract High Mountain Asia (HMA) is the headwater area for major Asian rivers, providing a
vast amount of freshwater to billions of people in Asia. These rivers also make their …

General overestimation of ERA5 precipitation in flow simulations for High Mountain Asia basins

H Sun, F Su, T Yao, Z He, G Tang… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Precipitation is one of the most important input to hydrological models, although obtaining
sufficient precipitation observations and accurate precipitation estimates in High Mountain …

The wet bias of RegCM4 over Tibet Plateau in summer reduced by adopting the 3D sub‐grid terrain solar radiative effect parameterization scheme

C Gu, A Huang, Y Zhang, B Yang, S Cai… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Regional Climate Model Version 4 (RegCM4) with the conventional plane‐
parallel radiative transfer scheme severely overestimates the summer precipitation over the …

Spatial and temporal patterns of planetary boundary layer height during 1979–2018 over the Tibetan Plateau using ERA5

N Slättberg, HW Lai, X Chen, Y Ma… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Planetary boundary layer height (PBLH) is a key meteorological parameter that is affected
by and influences exchanges of energy, momentum, and mass between the surface and the …