Integrated assessments of environmental change on the Tibetan Plateau
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15547478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yongwei Sheng (0000-0003-4447-944X, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Tandong Yao (0000-0002-9979-9849, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 045201-045201 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045201 |
| OpenAlex | W2149367223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
The Tibetan Plateau is one of the Earth's most sensitive regions in responding to climate change due to its extremely high altitude and the presence of permafrost and glaciers. The cryosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere of the plateau have been undergoing significant changes. Due to the low human population density, environmental changes on the plateau are largely driven by natural processes. Thus, the plateau provides a unique and comprehensive site for global change studies. This focus issue on Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau aims to address both paleo and recent environmental changes across the plateau to facilitate our understanding of this remote and under-studied area. We invited a wide spectrum of contributions to address climate change, permafrost degradation, glacier/snow/ice dynamics, lake dynamics, land- cover/land-use changes, and their interactions on the plateau. Collectively, the diverse contributions in this special issue are expected to present the recent advancement of the above topics and beyond
Biosphere · Climate change · Climatology · Cryosphere · Earth science · Earth system science · Environmental change · Geography · Glacier · Global change · Global warming · Hydrosphere · Permafrost · Physical geography · Plateau (mathematics · Sea ice · Climate change and permafrost · Cryospheric studies and observations · Environmental Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography
Tropical Climate Instability
Global-scale temperature patterns and climate forcing over the past six centuries
Lake-level fluctuations since the Last Glaciation in Selin Co (lake), Central Tibet, investigated using optically stimulated luminescence dating of beach ridges
Changes in frozen ground in the Source Area of the Yellow River on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China, and their eco-environmental impacts
Diurnal variations of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau in relation to orographically-induced regional circulations
Recent changes in Imja Glacial Lake and its damming moraine in the Nepal Himalaya revealed by in situ surveys and multi-temporal Aster imagery
A shallow ice core re-drilled on the Dunde Ice Cap, western China
Does a weekend effect in diurnal temperature range exist in the eastern and central Tibetan Plateau
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |