Spatial distribution of oceanic moisture contributions to precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau

Li, Ying; Wang, Chenghao; Huang, Ru; Yan, Denghua; Peng, Hui; Xiao, Shangbin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6413-2022

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Spatial distribution of oceanic moisture contributions to precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau

Ying Li, Chenghao Wang, Ru Huang, Denghua Yan, Hui Peng, and Shangbin Xiao

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6413-2022-supplement

Data sets

Dataset of oceanic moisture contribution to precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau simulated by WAM-2 during 1979-2015 Ying Li, Hui Peng, and Shangbin Xiao https://doi.org/10.11888/Atmos.tpdc.272946

The ERA-Interim reanalysis dataset European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/data/interim-full-daily/

Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets?project=MERRA-2

JRA-55 Japan Meteorological Agency https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds628.0/

The ERA5 monthly averages data on single levels from 1979 to present Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/

Data set of δ18O stable Isotopes in Precipitation from Tibetan Network for Isotopes (1991--2008) National Tibetan Plateau Data Center http://data.tpdc.ac.cn/en/

WAM-2layers v2.4.08 R. J. Van der Ent https://github.com/ruudvdent/WAM2layersPython

Dataset of oceanic moisture contributions to precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau simulated by WAM-2 during 1979--2015 Y. Li, H. Peng, and S. Xiao https://doi.org/10.11888/Atmos.tpdc.272946

Short summary

Spatial quantification of oceanic moisture contribution to the precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) contributes to the reliable assessments of regional water resources and the interpretation of paleo archives in the region. Based on atmospheric reanalysis datasets and numerical moisture tracking, this work reveals the previously underestimated oceanic moisture contributions brought by the westerlies in winter and the overestimated moisture contributions from the Indian Ocean in summer.