PI: Yaoming Ma, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Period：2017-2019
Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China

The Tibetan Plateau dynamic effects generated by the lofty topography and thermal effects produced by strong ground heat source exert a significant effect on the climate pattern in East Asia, the progress of Asian monsoon and the atmospheric circulation in the Northern Hemisphere. This project regarded northern and southern slopes region of Himalayan as a whole, it was led by ITP, CAS. Many integrated observation platforms, which required to consider the “water-cryosphere-atmosphere-biology" multi-sphere interactions of climate system were set up on Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas. It will combined with synchronous comprehensive observational data, which was collected by conventional meteorological stations of CMA in the plateau region, consider the effect of complex large-scale multi-terrain of Himalaya and obtain the effective parameters of land-atmosphere interactions on various surface. Meanwhile, with the support of multi-source satellite, firstly we study and analysis variation of surface water exchange in Himalaya. Then we put the surface albedo, the vegetation coverage and the surface temperature into WRF model and try to simulate the surface water exchange in Himalaya region. Finally, the satellite results and numerical simulation results were compared and analyzed in order to have an accurate understanding surface water exchange variation and make sure a rational allocation of water resources in the region.