Impacts of Climate Change on Tibetan Lakes: Patterns and Processes

dc.contributor.authorMao, Dehua
dc.contributor.authorWang, Zongming
dc.contributor.authorYang, Hong
dc.contributor.authorLi, Huiying
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Julian R.
dc.contributor.authorLi, Lin
dc.contributor.authorSong, Kaishan
dc.contributor.authorChen, Bin
dc.contributor.authorGao, Hongkai
dc.contributor.authorWu, Jianguo
dc.contributor.departmentEarth Sciences, School of Scienceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-26T15:39:14Z
dc.date.available2018-07-26T15:39:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-26
dc.description.abstractHigh-altitude inland-drainage lakes on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), the earth’s third pole, are very sensitive to climate change. Tibetan lakes are important natural resources with important religious, historical, and cultural significance. However, the spatial patterns and processes controlling the impacts of climate and associated changes on Tibetan lakes are largely unknown. This study used long time series and multi-temporal Landsat imagery to map the patterns of Tibetan lakes and glaciers in 1977, 1990, 2000, and 2014, and further to assess the spatiotemporal changes of lakes and glaciers in 17 TP watersheds between 1977 and 2014. Spatially variable changes in lake and glacier area as well as climatic factors were analyzed. We identified four modes of lake change in response to climate and associated changes. Lake expansion was predominantly attributed to increased precipitation and glacier melting, whereas lake shrinkage was a main consequence of a drier climate or permafrost degradation. These findings shed new light on the impacts of recent environmental changes on Tibetan lakes. They suggest that protecting these high-altitude lakes in the face of further environmental change will require spatially variable policies and management measures.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.identifier.citationMao, D., Wang, Z., Yang, H., Li, H., Thompson, J. R., Li, L., … Wu, J. (2018). Impacts of Climate Change on Tibetan Lakes: Patterns and Processes. Remote Sensing, 10(3), 358. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10030358en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/16824
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.3390/rs10030358en_US
dc.relation.journalRemote Sensingen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.sourcePublisheren_US
dc.subjectlakeen_US
dc.subjectglacier retreaten_US
dc.subjectpermafrost degradationen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectTibetan Plateauen_US
dc.titleImpacts of Climate Change on Tibetan Lakes: Patterns and Processesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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