Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Lakes in Nam Co Basin, 1991-2011

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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.
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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)
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