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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4023-2015
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4023-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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29 Sep 2015
Research article |
| 29 Sep 2015
High-resolution modelling of interactions between soil moisture and convective development in a mountain enclosed Tibetan Basin
T. Gerken
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Micrometeorology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
now at: Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
W. Babel
Department of Micrometeorology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
M. Herzog
Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Department of Micrometeorology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
now at: Institute of Agricultural Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
F. Sun
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing, China
Department of Micrometeorology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Member of Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environment Research (BayCEER), Bayreuth, Germany
H.-F. Graf
Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Monthly variation of local land–atmosphere coupling over the Tibetan Plateau in the rainy season and its relationship with the South Asian summer monsoon G. Sun et al.
- The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem G. Miehe et al.
- Consistency and Discrepancy of Global Surface Soil Moisture Changes From Multiple Model‐Based Data Sets Against Satellite Observations X. Gu et al.
- Winter Daytime Warming and Shift in Summer Monsoon Increase Plant Cover and Net CO2 Uptake in a Central Tibetan Alpine Steppe Ecosystem F. Nieberding et al.
- Tibetan Plateau greening driven by warming‐wetting climate change and ecological restoration in the 21st century Y. Huang et al.
- Numerical simulation of a rapidly developing bow echo over northeastern Poland on 21 August 2007 using near-grid-scale stochastic convection initiation D. Wójcik et al.
- Robust observations of land-to-atmosphere feedbacks using the information flows of FLUXNET T. Gerken et al.
- Analysis of local land atmosphere coupling characteristics over Tibetan Plateau in the dry and rainy seasons using observational data and ERA5 G. Sun et al.
- Temporal and Spatial Variations of Soil Moisture Over Xinjiang Based on Multiple GLDAS Datasets Z. Hu et al.
- Beyond carbon: Multi-scale thermal and hydrological feedback of permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau Y. Xiao et al.
- Impact of small-scale orography on deep boundary layer evolution and structure over the Tibetan Plateau I. Basic et al.
11 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Monthly variation of local land–atmosphere coupling over the Tibetan Plateau in the rainy season and its relationship with the South Asian summer monsoon G. Sun et al.
- The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem G. Miehe et al.
- Consistency and Discrepancy of Global Surface Soil Moisture Changes From Multiple Model‐Based Data Sets Against Satellite Observations X. Gu et al.
- Winter Daytime Warming and Shift in Summer Monsoon Increase Plant Cover and Net CO2 Uptake in a Central Tibetan Alpine Steppe Ecosystem F. Nieberding et al.
- Tibetan Plateau greening driven by warming‐wetting climate change and ecological restoration in the 21st century Y. Huang et al.
- Numerical simulation of a rapidly developing bow echo over northeastern Poland on 21 August 2007 using near-grid-scale stochastic convection initiation D. Wójcik et al.
- Robust observations of land-to-atmosphere feedbacks using the information flows of FLUXNET T. Gerken et al.
- Analysis of local land atmosphere coupling characteristics over Tibetan Plateau in the dry and rainy seasons using observational data and ERA5 G. Sun et al.
- Temporal and Spatial Variations of Soil Moisture Over Xinjiang Based on Multiple GLDAS Datasets Z. Hu et al.
- Beyond carbon: Multi-scale thermal and hydrological feedback of permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau Y. Xiao et al.
- Impact of small-scale orography on deep boundary layer evolution and structure over the Tibetan Plateau I. Basic et al.
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Short summary
Surface moisture is an important control for the development of clouds and precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau. While dry surface conditions do not provided enough water for the development of precipitation and convection, wet surface conditions lead to increased cloud cover and a decrease in solar irradiation, which also reduces convection development. It was found that intermediate soil moistures are associated with the strongest convection.
Surface moisture is an important control for the development of clouds and precipitation on the...
