Coherent lake growth on the central Tibetan Plateau since the 1970s: Characterization and attribution

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 483, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-67

  Lei, Yanbin ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a   Bird, Broxton W ^a,b   Yang, Kun ^a   Zhai, Jianqing ^c   Sheng, Yongwei ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Glacier mass loss; Lake growth; Lake level variation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLOSED LAKES; INLAND LAKES; LAKE AREAS; LAKE EVAPORATION; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE-LEVEL VARIATIONS; MASS BALANCE; MASS LOSS; PRECIPITATION AND RUNOFF; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WATER BALANCE ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; GIS; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAKE LEVEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; NAM CO; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84874342551     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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