Regional and tele-connected impacts of the Tibetan Plateau surface darkening

Shuchang Tang; Anouk Vlug; Shilong Piao; Fei Li; Tao Wang; Gerhard Krinner; Laurent Z. X. Li; Xuhui Wang; Guangjian Wu; Yue Li; Yuan Zhang; Xu Lian; Tandong Yao

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35672-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Regional and tele-connected impacts of the Tibetan Plateau surface darkening

Shuchang Tang,
Anouk Vlug,
Shilong Piao,
Fei Li,
Tao Wang,
Gerhard Krinner,
Laurent Z. X. Li,
Xuhui Wang,
Guangjian Wu,
Yue Li,
Yuan Zhang,
Xu Lian,
Tandong Yao

Affiliations

Shuchang Tang: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Anouk Vlug: Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck
Shilong Piao: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Fei Li: State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tao Wang: State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gerhard Krinner: Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes
Laurent Z. X. Li: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, École Normale Supérieure, École Polytechnique
Xuhui Wang: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Guangjian Wu: State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yue Li: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Yuan Zhang: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, École Normale Supérieure, École Polytechnique
Xu Lian: Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Tandong Yao: State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35672-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Impacts of Tibetan Plateau darkening remain unclear. Here authors show that darkening under the RCP8.5 scenario will increase South Asian monsoon precipitation and the “South Flood-North Drought” pattern over East Asia, while lead to local glacier loss.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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