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    Air Temperature Variability in High-Elevation Glacierized Regions: Observations from Six Catchments on the Tibetan Plateau

    Source: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:;2022:;volume( 061 ):;issue: 003
    DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0122.1
    Abstract: Near-surface air temperature variability and the reliability of temperature extrapolation within glacierized regions are important issues for hydrological and glaciological studies that remain elusive because of the scarcity of high-elevation observations. Based on air temperature data in 2019 collected from 12 automatic weather stations, 43 temperature loggers, and 6 national meteorological stations in 6 different catchments, this study presents air temperature variability in different glacierized and nonglacierized regions and assesses the robustness of different temperature extrapolations to reduce errors in melt estimation. The results show high spatial variability in temperature lapse rates (LRs) in different climatic contexts, with the steepest LRs located on the cold and dry northwestern Tibetan Plateau and the lowest LRs located on the warm and humid monsoonal-influenced southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Near-surface air temperatures in high-elevation glacierized regions of the western and central Tibetan Plateau are less influenced by katabatic winds and thus can be linearly extrapolated from off-glacier records. In contrast, the local katabatic winds prevailing on the temperate glaciers of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau exert pronounced cooling effects on the ambient air temperature, and thus, on-glacier air temperatures are significantly lower than that in elevation-equivalent nonglacierized regions. Consequently, linear temperature extrapolation from low-elevation nonglacierized stations may lead to as much as 40% overestimation of positive degree-days, particularly with respect to large glaciers with a long-flowline distances and significant cooling effects. These findings provide noteworthy evidence that the different LRs and relevant cooling effects on high-elevation glaciers under distinct climatic regimes should be carefully accounted for when estimating glacier melting on the Tibetan Plateau.
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    date accessioned2022-05-09T01:00:11Z
    date available2022-05-09T01:00:11Z
    date copyright08 Mar 2022
    date issued2022
    identifier otherJAMC-D-21-0122.1.pdf
    identifier urihttp://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl1/handle/yetl/4286066
    description abstractNear-surface air temperature variability and the reliability of temperature extrapolation within glacierized regions are important issues for hydrological and glaciological studies that remain elusive because of the scarcity of high-elevation observations. Based on air temperature data in 2019 collected from 12 automatic weather stations, 43 temperature loggers, and 6 national meteorological stations in 6 different catchments, this study presents air temperature variability in different glacierized and nonglacierized regions and assesses the robustness of different temperature extrapolations to reduce errors in melt estimation. The results show high spatial variability in temperature lapse rates (LRs) in different climatic contexts, with the steepest LRs located on the cold and dry northwestern Tibetan Plateau and the lowest LRs located on the warm and humid monsoonal-influenced southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Near-surface air temperatures in high-elevation glacierized regions of the western and central Tibetan Plateau are less influenced by katabatic winds and thus can be linearly extrapolated from off-glacier records. In contrast, the local katabatic winds prevailing on the temperate glaciers of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau exert pronounced cooling effects on the ambient air temperature, and thus, on-glacier air temperatures are significantly lower than that in elevation-equivalent nonglacierized regions. Consequently, linear temperature extrapolation from low-elevation nonglacierized stations may lead to as much as 40% overestimation of positive degree-days, particularly with respect to large glaciers with a long-flowline distances and significant cooling effects. These findings provide noteworthy evidence that the different LRs and relevant cooling effects on high-elevation glaciers under distinct climatic regimes should be carefully accounted for when estimating glacier melting on the Tibetan Plateau.
    titleAir Temperature Variability in High-Elevation Glacierized Regions: Observations from Six Catchments on the Tibetan Plateau
    typeJournal Paper
    journal volume61
    journal issue3
    journal titleJournal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
    identifier doi10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0122.1
    page223–238
    treeJournal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:;2022:;volume( 061 ):;issue: 003
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