Thousands of lakes on the Tibetan Plateau(TP) play a critical role in the regional water cycle, weather, and climate. In recent years, the areas of TP lakes underwent drastic changes and have become a research hotspot. However, the characteristics of the lake-atmosphere interaction over the high-altitude lakes are still unclear, which inhibits model development and the accurate simulation of lake climate effects. The source region of the Yellow River(SRYR) has the largest outflow lake and freshw... 相似文献
Soils containing gravel (particle size ≥2 mm) are widely distributed over the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). Soil mixed with gravel has different thermal and hydrological properties compared with fine soil (particle size <2 mm) and thus has marked impacts on soil water and heat transfer. However, the most commonly used land models do not consider the effects of gravel. This paper reports the development of a new scheme that simulates the thermal and hydrological processes in soil containing gravel and its application in the QTP. The new scheme was implemented in version 4 of the Community Land Model, and experiments were conducted for two typical sites in the QTP. The results showed that (1) soil with gravel tends to reduce the water holding capacity and enhance the hydraulic conductivity and drainage; (2) the thermal conductivity increases with soil gravel content, and the response of the temperature of soil mixed with gravel to air temperature change is rapid; (3) the new scheme performs well in simulating the soil temperature and moisture—the mean biases of soil moisture between the simulation and observation reduced by 25–48 %, and the mean biases of soil temperature reduced by 9–25 %. Therefore, this scheme can successfully simulate the thermal and hydrological processes in soil with different levels of gravel content and is potentially applicable in land surface models.
Measurements taken between July 2006 to May 2007 at the Maqu station in the Upper Yellow River area were used to study the
surface radiation budget and soil water and heat content in this area. These data revealed distinct seasonal variations in
downward shortwave radiation, downward longwave radiation, upward longwave radiation and net radiation, with larger values
in the summer than in winter because of solar altitudinal angle. The upward shortwave radiation factor is not obvious because
of albedo (or snow). Surface albedo in the summer was lower than in the winter and was directly associated with soil moisture
and solar altitudinal angle. The annual averaged albedo was 0.26. Soil heat flux, soil temperature and soil water content
changed substantially with time and depth. The soil temperature gradient was positive from August to February and was related
to the surface net radiation and the heat condition of the soil itself. There was a negative correlation between soil temperature
gradient and net radiation, and the correlation coefficient achieved a significance level of 0.01. Because of frozen state
of the soil, the maximum soil thermal conductivity value was 1.21 W m−1°C−1 in January 2007. In May 2007, soil thermal conductivity was 0.23 W m−1°C−1, which is the lowest value measured in the study, likely due to the fact that the soil was drier then than in other months.
The soil thermal conductivity values for the four seasons were 0.27, 0.38, 0.55 and 0.83 W m−1°C−1, respectively. 相似文献
Theoretical and Applied Climatology - The performance of the operational extended-range forecast (ERF) issued by IMD is evaluated for the southwest monsoon 2020. The normal onset of monsoon over... 相似文献
The abilities of 12 earth system models (ESMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase5 (CMIP5) to reproduce satellite-derived vegetation biological variables over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) were examined. The results show that most of the models tend to overestimate the observed leaf area index (LAI) and vegetation carbon above the ground, with the possible reasons being overestimation of photosynthesis and precipitation. The model simulations show a consistent increasing trend with observed LAI over most of the TP during the reference period of 1986-2005, while they fail to reproduce the downward trend around the headstream of the Yellow River shown in the observation due to their coarse resolutions. Three of the models: CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, and NorESM1-ME, which share the same vegetation model, show some common strengths and weaknesses in their simulations according to our analysis. The model ensemble indicates a reasonable spatial distribution but overestimated land coverage, with a significant decreasing trend (-1.48% per decade) for tree coverage and a slight increasing trend (0.58% per decade) for bare ground during the period 1950-2005. No significant sign of variation is found for grass. To quantify the relative performance of the models in representing the observed mean state, seasonal cycle, and interannual variability, a model ranking method was performed with respect to simulated LAI. INMCM4, bcc-csm-1.1m, MPI-ESM-LR, IPSL CM5A-LR, HadGEM2-ES, and CCSM4 were ranked as the best six models in reproducing vegetation dynamics among the 12 models. 相似文献