Title :
The coupling mechanism of the glacial and the climatic changes of the southeast Nyanqingtanggula Mountain on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China
Author :
Xiaoli, Wang ; Songbing, Zou ; Shangzhe, Zhou
Author_Institution :
MOE, Lanzhou Univ.
Abstract :
The spatial distribution and change of the mountain glaciers in midlatitude areas are quite sensitive to climatic response. According to the well-preserved old glacial relics formed during the LGM in the southeast Nyanqintanggula Mountain on the Tibetan Plateau and the relationship between the glacier variety and the climate under the modern conditions, this paper suggests that the coupling mechanisms of glaciers and climatic factors in the regional climatic fluctuation are mainly influenced by the Indian Monsoon, and a response model of the relationship between the glaciers and the climatic factors through the statistics methods. The result shows that the summer temperature during LGM in this region is 5degC lower than the modern temperature, and the precipitation near the snow line is 66% of the modern precipitation
Keywords :
atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric temperature; climatology; glaciology; China; Indian Monsoon; Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau; atmospheric precipitation; climate change; climatic factors; climatic response; coupling mechanism; glacier variety; midlatitude areas; mountain glaciers; regional climatic fluctuation; southeast Nyanqingtanggula Mountain; spatial distribution; Character recognition; Digital elevation models; Fluctuations; Geography; Snow; Statistics; Surfaces; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370037