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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34221-9
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [92047301, 91547210, 51722903]
- Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) program [2019QZKK0105]
- Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China [2021M691820]
This study reconstructs the annual streamflow from five headwater regions in the South and East Tibetan Plateau for eight centuries, revealing wet and dry periods and a dividing line of regional moisture regimes. The study also demonstrates temporal nonstationarity in streamflow variability and an increase in extreme flows during the instrumental periods.
Short instrumental streamflow records in the South and East Tibetan Plateau (SETP) limit understanding of the full range and long-term variability in streamflow, which could greatly impact freshwater resources for about one billion people downstream. Here we reconstruct eight centuries (1200-2012 C.E.) of annual streamflow from the Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas in five headwater regions across the SETP. We find two regional patterns, including northern (Yellow, Yangtze, and Lancang-Mekong) and southern (Nu-Salween and Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra) SETP regions showing ten contrasting wet and dry periods, with a dividing line of regional moisture regimes at similar to 32 degrees-33 degrees N identified. We demonstrate strong temporal nonstationarity in streamflow variability, and reveal much greater high/low mean flow periods in terms of duration and magnitude: mostly pre-instrumental wetter conditions in the Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra and drier conditions in other rivers. By contrast, the frequency of extreme flows during the instrumental periods for the Yangtze, Nu-Salween, and Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra has increased by similar to 18% relative to the pre-instrumental periods.
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