Delayed Warming Hiatus over the Tibetan Plateau

Author(s)

Wenling An, Nanjing University
Shugui Hou, Nanjing University
Yongyun Hu, Peking University
Shuang-Ye Wu, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2017

Publication Source

Earth and Space Science

Abstract

A reduction in the warming rate for the global surface temperature since the late 1990s has attracted much attention and caused a great deal of controversy. During the same time period, however, most previous studies have reported enhanced warming over the Tibetan Plateau (TP). In this study we further examined the temperature trend of the TP and surrounding areas based on the homogenized temperature records for the period 1980–2014, we found that for the TP regions lower than 4000 m the warming rate has started to slow down since the late 1990s, a similar pattern consistent with the whole China and the global temperature trend. However, for the TP regions higher than 4000 m, this reduction in warming rate did not occur until the mid‐2000s. This delayed warming hiatus could be related to changes in regional radiative, energy, and land surface processes in recent years.

Inclusive pages

128-137

ISBN/ISSN

2333-5084

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

This document has been made available in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving and open-access policy.

Permission documentation on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 2017, The Author(s)

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Volume

4

Issue

3

Peer Reviewed

yes

eCommons Citation

An, Wenling; Hou, Shugui; Hu, Yongyun; and Wu, Shuang-Ye, "Delayed Warming Hiatus over the Tibetan Plateau" (2017). Geology Faculty Publications. 58.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/geo_fac_pub/58