The Third Pole Environment (TPE) under Global Changes
The Third Pole Environment (TPE) under Global Changes
Session ID#: 281442
Session Description:
The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountain regions, known as the Third Pole, cover an area of > 5 million km2 and are considered to be the water tower of Asia. The Pan Third Pole expands on both the north-south and the east-west directions, going across the Tibetan Plateau, Pamir, Hindu Kush, Iran Plateau, Caucasian and Carpathian, covering an area of about 20 million km2. Like the Arctic and Antarctica, the Pan Third Pole’s environment is extremely sensitive to global climate change. In recent years, scientists from around the globe have increased observational, remote sensing, numerical modeling, and AI based research related to the Pan Third Pole in an effort to quantify and predict past, current and future scenarios. Co-sponsored by TPE (www.tpe.ac.cn), this session is dedicated to studies of Pan Third Pole atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere and their interactions with global change. Related contributions are welcomed.
Index Terms:
1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1621 Cryospheric change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1631 Land/atmosphere interactions [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1655 Water cycles [GLOBAL CHANGE]
Primary Convener: Shilong Piao, Peking University, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
Conveners: Lonnie G Thompson, Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, Andreas Mulch, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany and Fan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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