Climate Change Hotspots Identification in China through the CMIP5 Global Climate Model Ensemble by Huanghe Gu, Zhongbo Yu, Jigan Wang, Qin Ju, Chuanguo Yang, Chuanhao Fan

“…Both high (RCP8.5) and low (RCP4.5) greenhouse gas emission trajectories are tested, and both the mean and extreme seasonal temperature and precipitation are considered in identifying regional climate change hotspots. Tarim basin and Tibetan Plateau in West China are identified as persistent regional climate change hotspots in both the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios. …”
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Systematic Evaluation of Satellite-Based Rainfall Products over the Brahmaputra Basin for Hydrological Applications by Sagar Ratna Bajracharya, Wahid Palash, Mandira Singh Shrestha, Vijay Ratan Khadgi, Chu Duo, Partha Jyoti Das, Chhimi Dorji

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Dominant Modes of Tropospheric Ozone Variation over East Asia from GOME Observations by Yi Liu, Yuli Zhang, Yong Wang, Chuanxi Liu, Zhaonan Cai, Paul Konopka, Rolf Müller

“…When anticyclonic circulation transported ozone-poor air from the upwelling area over the Bay of Bengal towards the Tibetan Plateau during the onset of the Asian summer monsoon, tropospheric ozone in this region decreased dramatically.…”
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Observations of Unusual Daytime Range Spread F at Middle Latitude During the Afternoon Hours by Lehui Wei, Chunhua Jiang, Ting Lan, Wenxuan Wang, Hua Shen, Ercha Aa, Wengeng Huang, Jing Liu, Guobin Yang, Yaogai Hu, Zhengyu Zhao

“…In addition, the seeding of TIDs/AGWs might be attributed to the stratosphere gravity waves over the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, which causes the coupled of the atmosphere‐ionosphere‐thermosphere to significantly impact the ionosphere.…”
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Mitochondrial genome insights into the phylogenetics and biogeographic evolution of snow trout (Cyprinidae, Schizothorax) in the Tien Shan Mountains by Akbarjon Rozimov, Yufan Wang, Min Wang, Ming Zou, Jobir Sobirov, Erkin Karimov, Bakhtiyor Kholmatov, Jörg Freyhof, Sirojiddin Namozov, Chongnv Wang, Xinxin Li, Baocheng Guo

“…Snow trout (Schizothorax), endemic to the high-altitude freshwater systems of the Tibetan Plateau and the Tien Shan Mountains region, are key components of these ecosystems. …”
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Imaging Shallow Velocity Structure of an Inactive Fault by Airgun Seismic Source: A Case Study of Xiliushui Fault in Qiliang Mountain by Manzhong Qin, Baichen Wu, Yi Wang, Xueyi Shang, Yuansheng Zhang, Xuzhou Liu, Xiao Guo, Rui Zou, Yahong Wang, Dianfeng Sun

“…We observed high-quality waves from a repeatable airgun seismic source recorded by a linear ultra-dense seismic array across the Xiliushui fault zone, one of the inactive faults in the Qilian Mountain, on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China. We used Snell’s law of seismic ray propagation to determine a simplified ambient velocity model. …”
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Sources of hydrochemistry and chemical weathering rate at Urumqi Glacier No.1 catchment in central Asia by Qin Yang, Xiangying Li, Donghui Shangguan, Tianding Han

“…These results indicate that chemical weathering rate in the Urumqi Glacier No.1 catchment has increased with climate warming, and it is stronger than that of some glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau and surroundings.…”
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Interdecadal changes in three-dimensional atmospheric circulation patterns related to summer temperature variability in Eastern China modulated by the interdecadal Pacific Oscillat... by Jianjun Peng, Shujuan Hu, Ruiqiang Ding, Deqian Li, Jingjing Zhang

“…Then, in the negative phase of the IPO, alongside the aforementioned atmospheric circulation patterns, there are anomalous downdrafts along the local zonal circulation at the Eastern Tibetan Plateau (ETP). Through statistical and dynamical analysis, the emergence of local zonal circulation is attributed to the influences of positive sea surface temperature anomalies in North Atlantic during the negative phase of the IPO, which propagate to East Asia through intensified jet stream waviness. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Assessment of Glacier Elevation Change in the Kangri Karpo Region Using ASTER Data from 2000 to 2024 by Qihua Wang, Yuande Yang, Jiayu Hu, Jianglong Zhang, Zuqiang Li, Yuechen Wang

“…Our analysis highlights distinct variations in glacier elevation changes across different locations, elevations, and climatic conditions in the Kangri Karpo region, providing valuable insights into glacier responses to environmental changes on the Tibetan Plateau.…”
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Phenological Characteristics and Environmental Factor Associations in Open-Field Cultivation of Pepino on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Zhichao Hou, Cheng Si, Qiwen Zhong, Haiwang Zhang, Ziran Guo, Guangnan Zhang, Dengkui Shao, Shipeng Yang

“…In the eastern Tibetan Plateau, the pepino plays a crucial role for environment. …”
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Seasonal and Regional Variability of Long-Wave Effective Radiation in China and Associated Modulating Factors by Qianrong Ma, Jie Zhang, Yu Gu, Yujun Ma, Yu Cao

“…In northwest China, the eastern Tibetan Plateau, and southeast and northeast China, LER is significantly reduced in two weather conditions and this is more pronounced in spring. …”
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The third dimension of alpine plant leaf traits is related to cold-tolerance by Yuan Wang, Ji Suonan, Kun Liu, Yanni Gao, Sihao Zhu, Qian Liu, Ning Zhao

“…To test this hypothesis, we measured 12 leaf traits critical to leaf construction and growth in 143 species across 7 sites ranging from alpine steppes to alpine meadows along an environmental gradient on the Tibetan Plateau. Furthermore, a cold resistance experiment was conducted at one of these sites to estimate the lethal temperature causing 50% frost damage (LT50) of 11 alpine species. …”
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Revealing the mismatch in the response to warm-wetting climate of vegetation greenness and primary productivity using MODIS GPP/LAI in Nepal by Dongping Zhong, Lingwen Zeng, Ye Chen, Yingdong Tong, Nana Bai, Jia Sun, Dongdong Zhang, Yingchun Fu

“…The increasingly warm-wetting climate has gradually promoted vegetation greenness on the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding region, yet the specific mechanisms driving this change in high-altitude mountainous areas remain unclear. …”
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An Integrated Time-Series Relative Soil Moisture Monitoring Method Based on a SAR Backscattering Model by Xin Bao, Rui Zhang, Xu He, Age Shama, Gaofei Yin, Jie Chen, Hongsheng Zhang, Guoxiang Liu

“…Based on Sentinel-1 data, we select three representative experimental areas, namely the Qarhan Salt Lake in dry regions, the Tibetan Plateau Naqu in high-cold regions, and Inner Mongolia Xilinhot in grassland regions, conducting RSSM spatiotemporal monitoring for three years. …”
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Hydrothermal conditions dominated sensitivity and lag effect of grassland productivity in Yunnan Province, China: Implications for climate change by Yan Fang, Long Wan, Jing Tong, Guijing Li, Jing Pang, Enfu Chang, Linglan Chen, Zixuan Shi

“…Grasslands in the hot and humid zone of southwestern Yunnan presented the highest sensitivity to changes in precipitation, temperature, and solar radiation, at 3.08 (gC·m−2·a−1)/mm, 53.3 (gC·m−2·a−1)/°C, and 4.07 (gC·m−2·a−1)/(MJ·m−2), respectively. In the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau alpine region, rising temperatures contributed to productivity growth. …”
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Three-dimensional electrical structure in the northwestern sector of the Sichuan-Yunnan diamond block by Yunyun Zhang, Yunyun Zhang, Yunyun Zhang, Xiaobin Chen, Xiaobin Chen, Peijie Wang, Juntao Cai, Juntao Cai, Zhongyin Liu, Zhongyin Liu, Jiong Zhang, Jiong Zhang, Xingxing Huang, Xingxing Huang

“…The Sichuan-Yunnan diamond block is a significant region of material flow from the Tibetan Plateau. However, its northwest electrical boundary remains undefined. …”
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Lake pulses driven by glacier melting and climate variability by Songtao Ai, Shoukat Ali Shah, Yi Cai, Jiajun Ling, Xinde Chu, Shijin Wang, Yuande Yang, Runchuan Ouyang, Jiachun An, Wolfgang Rack

“…Abstract The Tibetan Plateau is home to numerous glaciers that are important for freshwater supply and climate regulation. …”
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Western disturbances and climate variability: a review of recent developments by K. M. R. Hunt, K. M. R. Hunt, J.-P. Baudouin, A. G. Turner, A. G. Turner, A. P. Dimri, A. P. Dimri, G. Jeelani, Pooja, R. Chattopadhyay, R. Chattopadhyay, F. Cannon, T. Arulalan, T. Arulalan, M. S. Shekhar, T. P. Sabin, E. Palazzi

“…WDs are most common during the boreal winter (December to March), during which they bring the majority of precipitation – both rain and snow – to the western Himalaya, as well as to surrounding areas of north India, Pakistan, and the Tibetan Plateau. WDs are also associated with weather hazards such as heavy snowfall, hailstorms, fog, cloudbursts, avalanches, frost, and cold waves.…”
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A combined wavelet analysis-quantile mapping (WA-QM) method for bias correction: capturing the intra-annual temporal patterns in climate model precipitation simulations and project... by Xia Wu, Zhu Liu, Qingyun Duan

“…The effectiveness of WA-QM was investigated using monthly precipitation data from five Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 models in the Pan Third Pole region, which includes Central Asia (CA), Southeast Asia, and the Tibetan Plateau. Quantile delta mapping (QDM) and scaled distribution mapping (SDM) served as the benchmark methods for assessment. …”
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Effects of combined application of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers on seed yield, seed quality and economic returns of Elymus nutans in alpine region by Jianchao Song, Hang Yang, Xiaojun Yu, Yanzhu Chen, Caiyan Yang, Youlong He, Haibo Wang

“…Abstract The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), one of the most important ecological regions in the world, is experiencing a decline in ecological function as a result of severe grassland degradation. …”
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