Articles | Volume 26, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3825-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3825-2022
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22 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 22 Jul 2022

Historical droughts manifest an abrupt shift to a wetter Tibetan Plateau

Yongwei Liu, Yuanbo Liu, Wen Wang, Han Zhou, and Lide Tian

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This study investigated the wetting and drying of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) from variations in soil moisture (SM) droughts. We found the TP experienced an abrupt and significant wetting shift in the middle to late 1990s, not merely the steady trends given in literature. This shift is dominated by precipitation and attributed to the North Atlantic Oscillation. The wetting shift indicates a climate regime change. Our innovative work provides implications for further knowledge of the TP climate.