摘要
LakesinTibetPlateauwithlittleeffectsofhumanactivitiesserveasimportantindicatorsofclimatechange.ThisstudyanalysedremotesensingdataandlongtermclimatevariablestoexaminethehydrologicalresponseoflakesinNamCoBasin.TheareachangesoflakeswereextractedbyLandsatTM/ETM+andanalysedbySRTM3DEM.AndtheICESatelevationdatabetween2003and2009wereusedtoobservethelakeleveloftheNamCoLake.Theresultsshowthatthenumberofnewformedglacierlakesincreasedby36%andtheareaofglacierlakesincreasedby36.7%(0.97km~2)from1991to2011.Atthesametime,thesurfaceareaoftheNamCoLakeexpandedby3.71%(72.64km~2)oftheoriginalsizein1991,withatendencyvalueof3.63km~2peryear.ThelakeleveloftheNamCoLakeshowsanincreasetendencyof0.24mperyearduring2003–2009.Thesevariationsappeartoberelatedtoanincreaseinmeanannualtemperatureof0.06oCperyear,andanincreaseinannualprecipitationof2.1mmperyearinsummerinthelasttwodecades.Theincreasednumberoflakesandincreasedareaofglaciallakesreachedapeakatanaltitudeof5500–5600ma.s.l..Thenumberofnewformedglacierlakesandtheareaofglacierlakestendtohigheraltitudes.ClimatechangehasanimportantimpactonthevariationoftheglacierlakesandtheNamCoLake.
出版日期
2016年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)