Quantifying climate change-and socioeconomic development-induced changes in the 'water
tower'function is a major challenge in high-mountain Asia (HMA), especially when …

Precipitation is crucial for managing water resources in the Three River Headwaters (TRH)
region of the Tibetan Plateau (TP). Gridded precipitation datasets across the TRH region …

Central Asia is the world's largest azonal arid region, with strong seasonal precipitation
patterns. Vegetation in this region is relatively sparse and extremely sensitive to climatic …

Xinjiang, China has experienced a significant wetting trend since the mid‐1980s in the
context of climate warming. However, the features and mechanism associated with the water …

Deserts cover a vast area of the world's land surface, but the study of desert climate has
been impeded by the lack of ground meteorological observations. In recent years, the …

Abstract The impact of North Indian atmospheric diabatic heating variation on summer
rainfall over Central Asia (CA) at an interannual scale during 1960–2019 was investigated …

The fragile ecology of the Yellow River basin (YRB) is vulnerable to global warming and
human activities. As the second largest river in China, the YRB covers the subhumid, semi …

This study analyzes the change characteristics of compound extreme events (CEEs) of
temperature and precipitation (including warm‐wet, warm‐dry, cold‐wet and cold‐dry) in …

The analysis of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) changes is of great significance for the
utilization and allocation of water resources. In this study, ETa variability in northern China …

Tianshan Mountains are the headwater regions for the central Asia rivers, providing water
resources for ecological protection and economic development in semiarid regions. Due to …