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Research article
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25 Sep 2024
Research article |
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| 25 Sep 2024
Spatiotemporal responses of runoff to climate change in the southern Tibetan Plateau
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Tandong Yao
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Fengge Su
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Wei Yang
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Deliang Chen
Regional Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 405 30, Sweden
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Our findings show that runoff in the Yarlung Zangbo (YZ) basin is primarily driven by rainfall, with the largest glacier runoff contribution in the downstream sub-basin. Annual runoff increased in the upper stream but decreased downstream due to varying precipitation patterns. It is expected to rise throughout the 21st century, mainly driven by increased rainfall.
Our findings show that runoff in the Yarlung Zangbo (YZ) basin is primarily driven by rainfall,...
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