IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/climat/v140y2017i3d10.1007_s10584-016-1877-9.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Spatiotemporal variations in volume of closed lakes on the Tibetan Plateau and their climatic responses from 1976 to 2013

Author

Listed:
  • Ruimin Yang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Liping Zhu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System)

  • Junbo Wang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System)

  • Jianting Ju

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Qingfeng Ma

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Falko Turner

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Technische Universität Braunschweig)

  • Yun Guo

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

To study the response of lakes to climate change, variations in volume of closed lakes larger than 50 km2 on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) were analyzed by integrating Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, Digital Elevation Model (SRTM DEM) and LANDSAT images. Total lake volume (LV) increased (net) by 102.64 km3 during 1976–2013 with an average annual rate of 2.77 km3 year−1; the rate increased dramatically to 7.67 km3 year−1 during 2000–2013. Four main patterns of LV change were discovered using k-means clustering analysis: (1) a slight increase in LV during 1976–2000 followed by a rapid increase in the southeastern part of the endorheic region, (2) an initial decrease in LV followed by an increase during 1990–2013 in the central and western parts of the endorheic region, (3) an initial decrease in LV followed by an increase during 2000–2013 in the northeastern part of the endorheic region, and (4) an overall decrease during the whole study period for the southern outflow region. Precipitation was the dominant factor affecting LV change. In particular, abnormally large amounts of precipitation during 2000–2013 resulted in a dramatic increase in LV. Temperature changes were positively correlated to LV change before 2000 and negatively after 2000. Glaciers have different influence on LV change based on the comparison between lakes with and without glacial melt input. The distinct regional patterns of change in LV indicate that the sensitivity of lakes to a changing climate varies depending upon the time period and spatial location. These findings have important implications for both the interpretation of past lake level records and prediction of future lake responses to climate change.

Suggested Citation

  • Ruimin Yang & Liping Zhu & Junbo Wang & Jianting Ju & Qingfeng Ma & Falko Turner & Yun Guo, 2017. "Spatiotemporal variations in volume of closed lakes on the Tibetan Plateau and their climatic responses from 1976 to 2013," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 140(3), pages 621-633, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:140:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s10584-016-1877-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1877-9
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10584-016-1877-9
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s10584-016-1877-9?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. William R. Boos & Zhiming Kuang, 2010. "Dominant control of the South Asian monsoon by orographic insulation versus plateau heating," Nature, Nature, vol. 463(7278), pages 218-222, January.
    2. Lin Huang & Jiyuan Liu & Quanqin Shao & Ronggao Liu, 2011. "Changing inland lakes responding to climate warming in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 109(3), pages 479-502, December.
    3. Yanbin Lei & Kun Yang & Bin Wang & Yongwei Sheng & Broxton Bird & Guoqing Zhang & Lide Tian, 2014. "Response of inland lake dynamics over the Tibetan Plateau to climate change," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 125(2), pages 281-290, July.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Xiaoyu Guo & Lei Wang & Lide Tian, 2023. "Spatial distributions and temporal variabilities of the recent Indian Summer Monsoon Northern Boundaries in Tibetan Plateau: analysis of outgoing longwave radiation dataset and precipitation isotopes," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 176(4), pages 1-20, April.
    2. Da Wei & Xiaodan Wang, 2017. "Recent climatic changes and wetland expansion turned Tibet into a net CH4 source," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 144(4), pages 657-670, October.
    3. Yu Wang & Xiaojun Yao & Na Hu & Te Sha & Xinde Chu, 2022. "The Spatiotemporal Change of Xiao Qaidam Lake from 1990 to 2020 and Its Potential Hazards," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-15, September.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Xianglin Huang & Tingbin Zhang & Guihua Yi & Dong He & Xiaobing Zhou & Jingji Li & Xiaojuan Bie & Jiaqing Miao, 2019. "Dynamic Changes of NDVI in the Growing Season of the Tibetan Plateau During the Past 17 Years and Its Response to Climate Change," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-21, September.
    2. Alexander E. Cagle & Alona Armstrong & Giles Exley & Steven M. Grodsky & Jordan Macknick & John Sherwin & Rebecca R. Hernandez, 2020. "The Land Sparing, Water Surface Use Efficiency, and Water Surface Transformation of Floating Photovoltaic Solar Energy Installations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(19), pages 1-22, October.
    3. Kun Yang & Hui Lu & Siyu Yue & Guoqing Zhang & Yanbin Lei & Zhu La & Wei Wang, 2018. "Quantifying recent precipitation change and predicting lake expansion in the Inner Tibetan Plateau," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 147(1), pages 149-163, March.
    4. Babak Zolghadr-Asli & Maedeh Enayati & Hamid Reza Pourghasemi & Mojtaba Naghdyzadegan Jahromi & John P. Tiefenbacher, 2021. "A linear/non-linear hybrid time-series model to investigate the depletion of inland water bodies," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(7), pages 10727-10742, July.
    5. Siddique Ullah & Adnan Ahmad Tahir & Tahir Ali Akbar & Quazi K. Hassan & Ashraf Dewan & Asim Jahangir Khan & Mudassir Khan, 2019. "Remote Sensing-Based Quantification of the Relationships between Land Use Land Cover Changes and Surface Temperature over the Lower Himalayan Region," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(19), pages 1-16, October.
    6. Lei Wang & Xufeng Mao & Xiuhua Song & Wenjia Tang & Wenying Wang & Hongyan Yu & Yanfang Deng & Ziping Zhang & Zhijun Zhang & Huakun Zhou, 2022. "How Rising Water Levels Altered Ecosystem Provisioning Services of the Area around Qinghai Lake from 2000 to 2020: An InVEST-RF-GTWR Combined Method," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-19, September.
    7. Najeebullah Khan & Shamsuddin Shahid & Eun-Sung Chung & Sungkon Kim & Rawshan Ali, 2019. "Influence of Surface Water Bodies on the Land Surface Temperature of Bangladesh," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-13, November.
    8. Shobande, Olatunji A. & Asongu, Simplice A., 2022. "The Critical Role of Education and ICT in Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Panel VAR Approach," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 176(C).
    9. Chunqiao Song & Yongwei Sheng, 2016. "Contrasting evolution patterns between glacier-fed and non-glacier-fed lakes in the Tanggula Mountains and climate cause analysis," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 135(3), pages 493-507, April.
    10. Li, Zhouyuan & Liu, Xuehua & Ma, Tianxiao & Kejia, De & Zhou, Qingping & Yao, Bingquan & Niu, Tianlin, 2013. "Retrieval of the surface evapotranspiration patterns in the alpine grassland–wetland ecosystem applying SEBAL model in the source region of the Yellow River, China," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 270(C), pages 64-75.
    11. Laga Tong & Xinliang Xu & Ying Fu & Shuang Li, 2014. "Wetland Changes and Their Responses to Climate Change in the “Three-River Headwaters” Region of China since the 1990s," Energies, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-20, April.
    12. Xuan Liu & Mingxiang Yang & Feng Zhou & Fan Wen & Xiaotan Zhang & Chao Gao & Hejia Wang & Ningpeng Dong, 2024. "Understanding the Dry-to-Wet Transition of Summer Precipitation over the Three-Rivers Headwater Region: Atmospheric Circulation Mechanisms," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(15), pages 1-16, July.
    13. Bidyut Bikash Goswami & Soon-Il An & Raghu Murtugudde, 2022. "Role of the Tibetan plateau glaciers in the Asian summer monsoon," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 173(3), pages 1-16, August.
    14. Zhilong Zhao & Zengzeng Hu & Jun Zhou & Ruliang Kan & Wangjun Li, 2023. "Response of Two Major Lakes in the Changtang National Nature Reserve, Tibetan Plateau to Climate and Anthropogenic Changes over the Past 50 Years," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-16, January.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:140:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s10584-016-1877-9. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.