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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 35, 期 20, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035867
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- Chinese National Natural Science Foundation [90502003]
- Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science [2008Z006]
- Independent Research Project of LaSW [2008LASWZI04]
- China and Japan intergovernmental cooperation program (JICA)
A large amount of water is stored in the world's highest and largest plateau, the Tibetan Plateau, in the forms of glaciers, snowpacks, lakes, and rivers. It is vital to understand where these waters come from and whether the supply to these water resources has been experiencing any changes during recent global warming. Here we show the maintenance of water content in the atmosphere over the Tibetan Plateau, the atmospheric circulations and transports of water vapor to this part of the world, and the trend of the water vapor supply. The Tibetan Plateau serves as a role of the world water tower'', and its land-ocean-atmosphere interaction provides a profound impact on the global natural and climate environment. The analyses of a half-century time series of atmospheric water vapor, precipitation, and surface temperature indicate that the atmospheric supply to this water tower presents an increasing trend under recent global warming condition. Citation: Xu, X., C. Lu, X. Shi, and S. Gao (2008), World water tower: An atmospheric perspective, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20815, doi:10.1029/2008GL035867.
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