Print Email Facebook Twitter Lake seasonality across the Tibetan Plateau and their varying relationship with regional mass changes and local hydrology Title Lake seasonality across the Tibetan Plateau and their varying relationship with regional mass changes and local hydrology Author Lei, Yanbin (Chinese Academy of Sciences; CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System) Yao, Tandong (Chinese Academy of Sciences; CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System) Yang, Kun (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Sheng, Yongwei (University of California) Kleinherenbrink, M. (TU Delft Physical and Space Geodesy) Yi, Shuang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Bird, Broxton W. (Indiana University - Purdue University) Zhang, Xiaowen (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Zhu, La (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Zhang, Guoqing (Chinese Academy of Sciences; CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System) Date 2017-01-28 Abstract The recent growth and deepening of inland lakes in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) may be a salient indicator of the consequences of climate change. The seasonal dynamics of these lakes is poorly understood despite this being potentially crucial for disentangling contributions from glacier melt and precipitation, which are all sensitive to climate, to lake water budget. Using in situ observations, satellite altimetry and gravimetry data, we identified two patterns of lake level seasonality. In the central, northern, and northeastern TP, lake levels are characterized by considerable increases during warm seasons and decreases during cold seasons, which is consistent with regional mass changes related to monsoon precipitation and evaporation. In the northwestern TP, however, lake levels exhibit dramatic increases during both warm and cold seasons, which deviate from regional mass changes. This appears to be more connected with high spring snowfall and large summer glacier melt. The variable lake level response to different drivers indicates heterogeneous sensitivity to climate change between the northwestern TP and other regions. Subject cryosphere hydrolgoylake seasonalityTibetan Plateau To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dead25f2-ec5b-4a5a-a35d-661754f52425 DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072062 ISSN 0094-8276 Source Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (2), 892-900 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 Yanbin Lei, Tandong Yao, Kun Yang, Yongwei Sheng, M. Kleinherenbrink, Shuang Yi, Broxton W. Bird, Xiaowen Zhang, La Zhu, Guoqing Zhang Files PDF Lei_et_al_2017_Geophysica ... etters.pdf 785.95 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:dead25f2-ec5b-4a5a-a35d-661754f52425/datastream/OBJ/view