“…The reduction in downwelling shortwave radiation was found to dominate the shrinkage of surface sensible heating. Meanwhile, a zonally asymmetric pattern with positive (negative) sensible heating anomalies in the western (eastern) TP represented the second dominant mode (with an explained variance of 14.2%) [4]. At the station level, the sensible (latent) heat flux was the dominant energy balance component at the Ngari and Qomolangma (Linzhi, Muztagh, Nagqu, and Nam Co) stations.…”