The intense uplift of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau givesrise to drastic changes of natural environment and distinctdifferentiation of the Plateau proper. This paper focuses on theevolution of subtropical environment at ...The intense uplift of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau givesrise to drastic changes of natural environment and distinctdifferentiation of the Plateau proper. This paper focuses on theevolution of subtropical environment at low altitude to frigidenvironment at high altitude of the region since Pliocene and thechanges effected by cold-warm amplitude bf global change. Bycomparative study on the structure-type of the altitudinal belt, adistributional model diagram with close relevance to highlanduplift effect has been generalized. Based on regjonaldifferentiation of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, a number ofstriking geo-ecological phenomena such as moisture corridor, dryvalleys and high cold-arid core area are investigated anddiscussed.展开更多
Alpine-cold regions are characterized as hypoxia,strong wind,heavy rain,cold climate,huge temperature difference between day and night,and vertical climate. All these make it difficult for an emergency rescue when a n...Alpine-cold regions are characterized as hypoxia,strong wind,heavy rain,cold climate,huge temperature difference between day and night,and vertical climate. All these make it difficult for an emergency rescue when a natural disaster such as earthquake happens. Based on the characteristics of emergency rescue in alpinecold region,several multifunctional protective equipments have been developed by the Quartermaster Equipment Institute of General Logistics Departmen(tGLD)of the Chinese People's Liberation Army(CPLA). These equipments are lightweight,durable and environment adaptable.展开更多
The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is a unique physico-geographical region on the earth. As a whole, the spatial differentiation of physico-geographical regions of the plateau is mainly determined by topographic configuration...The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is a unique physico-geographical region on the earth. As a whole, the spatial differentiation of physico-geographical regions of the plateau is mainly determined by topographic configuration and atmospheric circulation, warm and humid in the southeast, cold and arid in the northwest. The natural landscapes apppear in the following succession: forest → meadow → steppe → desert. The system of physico-geographical regions of the plateau is demarcated on the principle of bio-climate or the principle of three dimension zonality. Based on the thermal conditions, moisture regimes and variation in landform the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is sequentially demarcated. The duration of mean daily temperature above 10℃ is the principal index, the subsidiary criterion is mean temperature of the warmest month, two temperature belts may be divided: plateau subpolar and plateau temperate. Annual aridity is taken as the principal index, subordinated by annual precipitation. Four moisture展开更多
The Tibetan Plateau(TP)is undergoing rapid urbanization.To improve urban sustainability and construct eco-logical security barriers,it is essential to quantify the spatial patterns of urbanization level on the TP,but ...The Tibetan Plateau(TP)is undergoing rapid urbanization.To improve urban sustainability and construct eco-logical security barriers,it is essential to quantify the spatial patterns of urbanization level on the TP,but the existing studies on the topic have been limited by the lack of socioeconomic data.This study aims to quantify the urbanization level on the TP in 2018 with Luojia1-01(LJ1-01)high-resolution nighttime light(NTL)data.Specifically,the compounded night light index is used to quantify spatial patterns of urbanization level at mul-tiple scales.The results showed that the TP had a low overall urbanization level with a large internal difference.The urbanization level in the northeast,southeast and south of the TP was relatively high,forming three hotspots centered in Xining City,Lhasa City and Shangri-La City,while the urbanization level in the central and western regions was relatively low.The analysis of influencing factors,based on the random forest model,showed that transportation and topography were the main factors affecting the TP’s spatial patterns of urbanization level.The comparison analysis with socioeconomic statistics and traditional NTL data showed that LJ1-01 NTL data can be used to more effectively quantify the urbanization level since it is more advantageous for reflecting the spatial extent of urban land and describing the spatial structure of socioeconomic activities within urban areas.These advantages are attributed to the high spatial resolution of the data,appropriate imaging time and unaf-fected by saturation phenomena.Thus,the proposed LJ1-01 NTL-based urbanization level measurement method has the potential for wide applications around the world,especially in less-developed regions lacking statistical data.Using this method,we refined the measurement of the TP’s urbanization level in 2018 for multiple scales including the region,basin,prefecture and county levels,which provides basic information for the further urban sustainability research on the TP.展开更多
Using a limited-area P-σ incorporated coordinate five-level primitive equation model fed with the ECMWF 5°×5°grid data,a simulation is made of a large-scale cold surge of late December 1982.Results sho...Using a limited-area P-σ incorporated coordinate five-level primitive equation model fed with the ECMWF 5°×5°grid data,a simulation is made of a large-scale cold surge of late December 1982.Results show that the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has no profound thermal but dynamic effect on the East-Asian winter monsoon that forces cold air to go southwards by its east side,exciting Kelvin waves behind the cold front to result in the maximum NE wind.Besides,gravitational waves independent of the Plateau occur ahead of the front advancing towards the south.They may be due to the excitation involved in the front itself. The cold surge is propagated under the Hadley cell,making it strengthened and moved southwards.展开更多
Starting from the linear shallow-water wave equations including in themselves the effect of a large-scale orograpny, two types of gravity wave solutions are derived on the assumption that the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau se...Starting from the linear shallow-water wave equations including in themselves the effect of a large-scale orograpny, two types of gravity wave solutions are derived on the assumption that the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau serves as an orography in question inclined from west to east at the same slope. One type contains two solutions of high-frequency inertia-gravitational waves and the other solution of low-frequency topography-excited gravity waves, bearing some similarity to Kelvin mode. Both types are similar, respectively, to the gravity waves of the front of the cold surge during the rapid southward advance, and to the strong velocity center of the surge when it propagates southward slowly along the east brim of the Plateau, as shown by the numerical study. Results indicate that the low-frequency wave vanishes whereas its counterpart remains especially in the absence of the orography. In addition, we find that the propagation of the gravity-wave rays is in the form of a trochoid equation, a result in good agreement with the curved path of the strong velocity center going down the east fringe of the Plateau as shown by the numerical study. And probably a waveguide tube of topographic gravity mode is present in the coastwise area downstream of the orography.展开更多
文摘The intense uplift of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau givesrise to drastic changes of natural environment and distinctdifferentiation of the Plateau proper. This paper focuses on theevolution of subtropical environment at low altitude to frigidenvironment at high altitude of the region since Pliocene and thechanges effected by cold-warm amplitude bf global change. Bycomparative study on the structure-type of the altitudinal belt, adistributional model diagram with close relevance to highlanduplift effect has been generalized. Based on regjonaldifferentiation of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, a number ofstriking geo-ecological phenomena such as moisture corridor, dryvalleys and high cold-arid core area are investigated anddiscussed.
文摘Alpine-cold regions are characterized as hypoxia,strong wind,heavy rain,cold climate,huge temperature difference between day and night,and vertical climate. All these make it difficult for an emergency rescue when a natural disaster such as earthquake happens. Based on the characteristics of emergency rescue in alpinecold region,several multifunctional protective equipments have been developed by the Quartermaster Equipment Institute of General Logistics Departmen(tGLD)of the Chinese People's Liberation Army(CPLA). These equipments are lightweight,durable and environment adaptable.
基金Project supported by the China Climbing Project.
文摘The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is a unique physico-geographical region on the earth. As a whole, the spatial differentiation of physico-geographical regions of the plateau is mainly determined by topographic configuration and atmospheric circulation, warm and humid in the southeast, cold and arid in the northwest. The natural landscapes apppear in the following succession: forest → meadow → steppe → desert. The system of physico-geographical regions of the plateau is demarcated on the principle of bio-climate or the principle of three dimension zonality. Based on the thermal conditions, moisture regimes and variation in landform the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is sequentially demarcated. The duration of mean daily temperature above 10℃ is the principal index, the subsidiary criterion is mean temperature of the warmest month, two temperature belts may be divided: plateau subpolar and plateau temperate. Annual aridity is taken as the principal index, subordinated by annual precipitation. Four moisture
基金the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(Grant No.2019QZKK0405)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41871185&41971270)。
文摘The Tibetan Plateau(TP)is undergoing rapid urbanization.To improve urban sustainability and construct eco-logical security barriers,it is essential to quantify the spatial patterns of urbanization level on the TP,but the existing studies on the topic have been limited by the lack of socioeconomic data.This study aims to quantify the urbanization level on the TP in 2018 with Luojia1-01(LJ1-01)high-resolution nighttime light(NTL)data.Specifically,the compounded night light index is used to quantify spatial patterns of urbanization level at mul-tiple scales.The results showed that the TP had a low overall urbanization level with a large internal difference.The urbanization level in the northeast,southeast and south of the TP was relatively high,forming three hotspots centered in Xining City,Lhasa City and Shangri-La City,while the urbanization level in the central and western regions was relatively low.The analysis of influencing factors,based on the random forest model,showed that transportation and topography were the main factors affecting the TP’s spatial patterns of urbanization level.The comparison analysis with socioeconomic statistics and traditional NTL data showed that LJ1-01 NTL data can be used to more effectively quantify the urbanization level since it is more advantageous for reflecting the spatial extent of urban land and describing the spatial structure of socioeconomic activities within urban areas.These advantages are attributed to the high spatial resolution of the data,appropriate imaging time and unaf-fected by saturation phenomena.Thus,the proposed LJ1-01 NTL-based urbanization level measurement method has the potential for wide applications around the world,especially in less-developed regions lacking statistical data.Using this method,we refined the measurement of the TP’s urbanization level in 2018 for multiple scales including the region,basin,prefecture and county levels,which provides basic information for the further urban sustainability research on the TP.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant 4870263partly by the State Meteorological Administration from Monsoon Research Funds.
文摘Using a limited-area P-σ incorporated coordinate five-level primitive equation model fed with the ECMWF 5°×5°grid data,a simulation is made of a large-scale cold surge of late December 1982.Results show that the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has no profound thermal but dynamic effect on the East-Asian winter monsoon that forces cold air to go southwards by its east side,exciting Kelvin waves behind the cold front to result in the maximum NE wind.Besides,gravitational waves independent of the Plateau occur ahead of the front advancing towards the south.They may be due to the excitation involved in the front itself. The cold surge is propagated under the Hadley cell,making it strengthened and moved southwards.
基金The study is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaMonsoon Research Funds, State Meteorological Administration of PRC.
文摘Starting from the linear shallow-water wave equations including in themselves the effect of a large-scale orograpny, two types of gravity wave solutions are derived on the assumption that the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau serves as an orography in question inclined from west to east at the same slope. One type contains two solutions of high-frequency inertia-gravitational waves and the other solution of low-frequency topography-excited gravity waves, bearing some similarity to Kelvin mode. Both types are similar, respectively, to the gravity waves of the front of the cold surge during the rapid southward advance, and to the strong velocity center of the surge when it propagates southward slowly along the east brim of the Plateau, as shown by the numerical study. Results indicate that the low-frequency wave vanishes whereas its counterpart remains especially in the absence of the orography. In addition, we find that the propagation of the gravity-wave rays is in the form of a trochoid equation, a result in good agreement with the curved path of the strong velocity center going down the east fringe of the Plateau as shown by the numerical study. And probably a waveguide tube of topographic gravity mode is present in the coastwise area downstream of the orography.
