西藏高原增加了中国南部的降雪量
Liping Wang1, Haijun Yang2,3
1Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Scientific reports
|August 7, 2023
概括
西藏高原 (TP) 显著改变了中国的降雪情况. 它减少了60%的北方降雪量,但增加了1500%的南部降雪量,影响了亚洲的水文气候.
科学领域:
- 气候学 气候学 气候学
- 大气科学 大气科学
- 水文学的水文学
背景情况:
- 西藏高原 (TP) 在亚洲气候中发挥着关键作用,但其对中国各地降雪的确切影响尚未得到充分量化.
- 人们普遍认为,这条铁路作为一个屏障,缓解了感冒的爆发,保护中国南部免受大雪.
研究的目的:
- 量化评估西藏高原对中国降雪分布的影响.
- 挑战有关TP在阻冷空气质量中的作用的现有假设.
主要方法:
- 利用地形实验模拟与西藏高原和没有西藏高原的大气条件.
- 分析了中国北部和南部的降雪,潮流和相对湿度的变化.
主要成果:
- 由于湿度下降,TP的存在使中国北部的降雪量减少了60%.
- 相反,TP在中国南部增加了1500%的降雪量,特别是在11月到3月,通过引导寒冷的北方空气和南方水分.
- 在中国南部,TP显著增加了冬季的相对湿度.
结论:
- 这项研究驳斥了TCP仅仅是防止感冒爆发的障碍.
- 西藏高原从根本上重塑了中国的冬季气候,大大改变了降雪模式,并在南部增加了湿度.
- 这项研究为TP对区域水文和气候的复杂影响提供了更细致的理解.
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