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DOI	10.3724/SP.J.1226.2011.00463
	Climatic changes have led to significant expansion of endorheic lakes in Xizang (Tibet) since 1995
	Zhang, YinSheng; Yao, TanDong; Ma, YingZhao
通讯作者	Zhang, YS (通讯作者)
发表日期	2011
ISSN	1674-3822
起始页码	463
结束页码	467
卷号	3 期号:6
英文摘要	Robust climate warming has led to significant expansion of lakes in the central Tibetan Plateau. Using remote sensing data, our quantitative analysis indicates that Siling Co, a saline lake in a characteristic endorheic basin in the central region of the Plateau, has expanded more than 600 km(2) in area since 1976. Particularly since 1995, the lake has significantly expanded in response to increasing precipitation, decreasing water surface evaporation caused by weaker winds and less solar radiation, and increased glacier meltwater draining to the lake. Glacier-lake interactions are important in governing lake expansion and are also part of a feedback loop that influences the local climate. Worsening climatic conditions (decreased precipitation and increased temperatures) that could have caused the lake to shrink during 1976-1994 were offset by increasing glacier meltwater feeding the lake, which made the lake nearly stable. We demonstrate that this pattern changed during 1995-2009, when glacier meltwater actually decreased but participation runoff increased and evaporation decreased, leading to expansion of the lake. If climatic conditions became suitable for further lake development, which would be indicated by expansion in lake area, glacier meltwater could be saved in a stable reservoir.
英文关键词	endorheic lake; climatic change; Xizang (Tibet)
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography
WOS类目	Geography, Physical
WOS记录号	WOS:000422291300001
来源期刊	SCIENCES IN COLD AND ARID REGIONS
来源机构	中国科学院青藏高原研究所
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/257838
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, YinSheng,Yao, TanDong,Ma, YingZhao. Climatic changes have led to significant expansion of endorheic lakes in Xizang (Tibet) since 1995[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2011,3(6).
APA	Zhang, YinSheng,Yao, TanDong,&Ma, YingZhao.(2011).Climatic changes have led to significant expansion of endorheic lakes in Xizang (Tibet) since 1995.SCIENCES IN COLD AND ARID REGIONS,3(6).
MLA	Zhang, YinSheng,et al."Climatic changes have led to significant expansion of endorheic lakes in Xizang (Tibet) since 1995".SCIENCES IN COLD AND ARID REGIONS 3.6(2011).