Stable Isotope Signatures and Moisture Transport of a Typical Heavy Precipitation Case in the Southern Tianshan Mountains

Contribution of the Precipitation‐Recycling Process to the Wetting Trend in Xinjiang, China

“…Its unique geographic location and topographic features result in a typical arid and semiarid climate that is highly sensitive to global climate change (Wu et al., 2010; Zhao et al., 2010). From the mid‐1980s to 2000, the average annual air temperature increased by 0.7°C compared to that measured from 1961 to the mid‐1980s in northwest China (Shi et al., 2006; Yao, Chen, Yu, et al., 2020); this increase is much higher than the global average increase of approximately 0.2°C (Shi et al., 2006; L. Wang et al., 2020). In an interesting phenomenon observed in northwest China, the regional climate changed from warm‐dry to warm‐wet conditions in the mid‐1980s under the background of global warming (B. Li, et al., 2016; Peng & Zhou, 2017; Shi et al., 2006; Wang et al., 2013; Zhang et al., 2012), especially in Xinjiang (Peng & Zhou, 2017).…”

“…Its unique geographic location and topographic features result in a typical arid and semiarid climate that is highly sensitive to global climate change (Wu et al, 2010;Zhao et al, 2010). From the mid-1980s to 2000, the average annual air temperature increased by 0.7°C compared to that measured from 1961 to the mid-1980s in northwest China (Shi et al, 2006;Yao, Chen, Yu, et al, 2020); this increase is much higher than the global average increase of approximately 0.2°C (Shi et al, 2006;L. Wang et al, 2020).…”