A 12-year high-resolution climatology of atmospheric water transport over the Tibetan Plateau

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dc.contributor.authorCurio, Julia
dc.contributor.authorMaussion, Fabien
dc.contributor.authorScherer, Dieter Ernst
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-07T12:06:09Z
dc.date.available2021-04-07T12:06:09Z
dc.date.issued2015-03-13
dc.description.abstractThe Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a key role in the water cycle of high Asia and its downstream regions. The respective influence of the Indian and East Asian summer monsoon on TP precipitation and regional water resources, together with the detection of moisture transport pathways and source regions are the subject of recent research. In this study, we present a 12-year high-resolution climatology of the atmospheric water transport (AWT) over and towards the TP using a new data set, the High Asia Refined analysis (HAR), which better represents the complex topography of the TP and surrounding high mountain ranges than coarse-resolution data sets. We focus on spatiotemporal patterns, vertical distribution and transport through the TP boundaries. The results show that the mid-latitude westerlies have a higher share in summertime AWT over the TP than assumed so far. Water vapour (WV) transport constitutes the main part, whereby transport of water as cloud particles (CP) also plays a role in winter in the Karakoram and western Himalayan regions. High mountain valleys in the Himalayas facilitate AWT from the south, whereas the high mountain regions inhibit AWT to a large extent and limit the influence of the Indian summer monsoon. No transport from the East Asian monsoon to the TP could be detected. Our results show that 36.8 ± 6.3% of the atmospheric moisture needed for precipitation comes from outside the TP, while the remaining 63.2% is provided by local moisture recycling.en
dc.description.sponsorshipBMBF, 03G0804A, Verbundprojekt: WTZ Zentralasien WET; Variabilität und Trends der Wasserhaushaltskomponenten in Benchmark-Einzugsgebieten des Tibet-Plateaus; Leitantrag; Vorhaben: TP1 Atmosphärische Modellierungen
dc.description.sponsorshipDFG, 58017702, SPP 1372: Tibetan Plateau: Formation - Climate - Ecosystems (TIP)en
dc.identifier.eissn2190-4987
dc.identifier.issn2190-4979
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/12951
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-11746
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartof10.14279/depositonce-10713
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subject.ddc551 Geologie, Hydrologie, Meteorologiede
dc.subject.otherTibetan Plateauen
dc.subject.otheratmospheric moisture transporten
dc.subject.otherprecipitation variabilityen
dc.subject.otherwater cycleen
dc.subject.othermonsoonen
dc.subject.othermid-latitude westerliesen
dc.subject.otherTibetisches Hochlandde
dc.subject.otheratmosphärischer Wassertransportde
dc.subject.otherNiederschlagsvariabilitätde
dc.subject.otherWasserkreislaufde
dc.subject.otherMonsunde
dc.subject.otherWestwinde der mittleren Breitende
dc.titleA 12-year high-resolution climatology of atmospheric water transport over the Tibetan Plateauen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.5194/esd-6-109-2015en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue1en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleEarth System Dynamicsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameCopernicusen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceGöttingenen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend124en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart109en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume6en
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tub.affiliationFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umwelt::Inst. Ökologie::FG Klimatologiede
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umweltde
tub.affiliation.groupFG Klimatologiede
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Ökologiede
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinen

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