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Global Cryosphere Evolution and Land Surface Processes on the Tibetan Plateau

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Land surface process studies over the Tibetan Plateau had made large achievements in the last three decades, focus mainly on: (1) Multi-sphere interactions in the Tibetan Plateau and their impacts on regional climate, hydrology and ecosystem. (2) Mechanisms and impacts of cryospheric hazards, including cold regions engineering. (3) tempo-spatial patterns of paleoenvironment. Achievement was also made in the changes of polar cryosphere and their influences to high/middle latitudinal climate. Future expectation includes enhancing the modeling work on cryosphere research, multi-discipline research considering multi-sphere interaction, and the potential new directions linked to social activities.

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  1. Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

    Cunde Xiao

  2. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Lide Tian

  3. Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

    Qingbai Wu

  4. Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China

    Dongqi Zhang

  5. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

    Tingjun Zhang

  6. Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

    Tonghua Wu

  7. Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

    Tao Che

  8. Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

    Fujun Niu

  9. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Chaolu Yi

  10. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Juzhi Hou

  11. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Eryuan Liang

  12. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Xiaoping Wang

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Xiao, C. et al. (2017). Global Cryosphere Evolution and Land Surface Processes on the Tibetan Plateau. In: The Geographical Sciences During 1986—2015. Springer Geography. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1884-8_11

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