Glacier and glacial lake changes and their relationship in the context of climate change, Central Tibetan Plateau 1972–2010

Wang, Xu; Siegert, Florian; Zhou, Aiguo; Franke, Jonas

doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.09.011

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“…Satellite altimetry revealed gradual expansion of water levels of many lakes located in the central parts of the TP (Zhang et al ., ; Song et al ., ). Satellite imagery also discovered many new glacial lakes in the plateau and the number of the new lakes tends to be increasing (Wang et al ., ). It has provided a positive indication about water mass storage in the form of lakes and increasing soil moisture in the TP (Zhang et al ., ).…”

Section: Responses Of Hydrosphere To Climate Change Over Tpmentioning

confidence: 97%

Climatic and associated cryospheric, biospheric, and hydrological changes on the Tibetan Plateau: a review

Bibi

Wang

et al. 2018

Intl Journal of Climatology

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We review recent climate changes over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and associated responses of cryospheric, biospheric, and hydrological variables. We focused on surface air temperature, precipitation, seasonal snow cover, mountain glaciers, permafrost, freshwater ice cover, lakes, streamflow, and biological system changes. TP is getting warmer and wetter, and air temperature has increased significantly, particularly since the 1980s. Most significant warming trends have occurred in the northern TP. Slight increases in precipitation have occurred over the entire TP with clear spatial variability. Intensification of surface air temperature is associated with variation in precipitation and decreases in snow cover depth, spatial extent, and persistence. Rising surface temperatures have caused recession of glaciers, permafrost thawing, and thickening of the active layers over the permafrost. Changing temperatures, precipitation, and other climate system components have also affected the TP biological system. In addition, elevation‐dependent changes in air temperature, wind speed, and summer precipitation have occurred in the TP and its surroundings in the past three decades. Before projecting multifaceted interactions and process responses to future climate change, further quantitative analysis and understanding of the change mechanisms is required.

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Section: Responses Of Hydrosphere To Climate Change Over Tpmentioning

confidence: 97%

Climatic and associated cryospheric, biospheric, and hydrological changes on the Tibetan Plateau: a review

Bibi

Wang

et al. 2018

Intl Journal of Climatology

170

106

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“…Looking at the climate aspect, a global rise in mean temperature, change in precipitation pattern as well as an increase in intensity and frequency of extreme events can be recognized [1,2,7], impacting the water cycle [8][9][10], vegetation and biodiversity [11][12][13][14] as well as human health [15,16] and economy [17,18]. The potential warming in Europe could reach values from +1 to +6˝C by the end of this century [19], depending on the location.…”

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Modeling Climate and Management Change Impacts on Water Quality and In-Stream Processes in the Elbe River Basin

Hesse

Krysanova

2016

Water

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Eco-hydrological water quality modeling for integrated water resources management of river basins should include all necessary landscape and in-stream nutrient processes as well as possible changes in boundary conditions and driving forces for nutrient behavior in watersheds. The study aims to assess possible impacts of the changing climate (ENSEMBLES climate scenarios) and/or land use conditions on resulting river water quantity and quality in the large-scale Elbe river basin by applying a semi-distributed watershed model of intermediate complexity (SWIM) with implemented in-stream nutrient (N+P) turnover and algal growth processes. The calibration and validation results revealed the ability of SWIM to satisfactorily simulate nutrient behavior at the watershed scale. Analysis of 19 climate scenarios for the whole Elbe river basin showed a projected increase in temperature (+3˝C) and precipitation (+57 mm) on average until the end of the century, causing diverse changes in river discharge (+20%), nutrient loads (NO 3 -N:´5%; NH 4 -N:24%; PO 4 -P: +5%), phytoplankton biomass (´4%) and dissolved oxygen concentration (´5%) in the watershed. In addition, some changes in land use and nutrient management were tested in order to reduce nutrient emissions to the river network.

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“…Annual precipitation has generally increased in Northern Europe and decreased in most parts of Southern Europe [6]. The effects of altered climate conditions on diverse ecosystemic and social functions can already be detected, such as a longer plant-growing season, changes in species distribution and biodiversity, retreating of glaciers, and humans suffering from heat waves (e.g., [9][10][11][12]). …”

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Comparison of Water Flows in Four European Lagoon Catchments under a Set of Future Climate Scenarios

Hesse

Stefanova

Krysanova

2015

Water

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Climate change is supposed to remarkably affect the water resources of coastal lagoons as they are highly vulnerable to changes occurring at their catchment and/or ocean or sea boundaries. Probable impacts of projected climate changes on catchment hydrology and freshwater input were assessed using the eco-hydrological model SWIM (Soil and Water Integrated Model) for the drainage areas of four European lagoons: Ria de Aveiro (Portugal), Mar Menor (Spain), Tyligulskyi Liman (Ukraine) and Vistula Lagoon (Poland/Russia) under a set of 15 climate scenarios covering the time period until the year 2100. Climate change signals for all regions show continuously increasing trends in temperature, but various trends in precipitation. Precipitation is projected to decrease in two catchments on the Iberian Peninsula and increase in the Baltic region catchment, and does not show a clear trend in the catchment located near the Black Sea. The average projected changes in freshwater inputs reflect these changes in climate conditions, but often show variability between the scenarios, in future periods, and within the catchments. According to the individual degrees of water management influences in the four drainage basins, the climate sensitivity of river inflows is differently pronounced in each.

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Glacier and glacial lake changes and their relationship in the context of climate change, Central Tibetan Plateau 1972–2010

Cited by 116 publications

References 40 publications

Climatic and associated cryospheric, biospheric, and hydrological changes on the Tibetan Plateau: a review

Climatic and associated cryospheric, biospheric, and hydrological changes on the Tibetan Plateau: a review

Modeling Climate and Management Change Impacts on Water Quality and In-Stream Processes in the Elbe River Basin

Comparison of Water Flows in Four European Lagoon Catchments under a Set of Future Climate Scenarios

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