Data available
Observational data
Newly constructed rainfall observing transects over western Tibet Plateau
- Introduction: Since 2016, Prof. Kun Yang's group has established 50 rain gauges over western Tibet Plateau.
The location of the newly established (red dots) rain gauges and those from the China Meteorological Administration
(CMA) (black cross) can be found in the figure below.
- References: (1) Wang, Y., K. Yang, X. Zhou, et al. 2020: Synergy of orographic drag parameterization and high resolution greatly reduces biases
of WRF-simulated precipitation in central Himalaya. Clim Dyn 54, 1729–1740 (2020). doi:10.1007/s00382-019-05080-w.
(2) Ouyang, L., K. Yang, H. Lu, et al., 2020: Ground-based observations reveal unique valley precipitation
patterns in the central Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2019JD031502. doi:10.1029/2019JD031502
- Note: The data can be shared among this project through cooperation. For more information please contact Prof. Kun Yang directly.
Four soil moisture and temperature networks on Tibet Plateau
- Introduction: In situ soil moisture and temperature data from four networks are made available by Prof. Bob Su and Prof. Kun Yang's group.
There are two networks from Prof. Bob Su since 2008. The other two networks are from Prof. Kun Yang since 2010. The location of the Four soil
moisture and temperature networks can be found in the figure below.
- References: (1) Chen, Y., K. Yang, J. Qin, et al. 2017: Evaluation of SMAP, SMOS, and AMSR2 soil moisture retrievals against observations from two networks
on the Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, 5780–5792, doi:10.1002/2016JD026388. (2) Yang, K., J. Qin, L. Zhao, et al. 2013: A Multiscale Soil Moisture
and Freeze–Thaw Monitoring Network on the Third Pole. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94, 1907–1916, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00203.1. (3) Su, Z., J. Wen, L. Dente, et al.
2011: The Tibetan Plateau observatory of plateau scale soil moisture and soil temperature (Tibet-Obs) for quantifying uncertainties in coarse resolution satellite
and model products, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2303–2316, doi:10.5194/hess-15-2303-2011.
- Data sets are aveailable from National Tibetan Plateau Data Center
Modeling data