Zhenzhong Zeng¹, Shilong Piao², Laurent Li³, Philippe Ciais⁴, Liqing Peng¹, Xu Lian⁵, Tao Wang⁶, Jiafu Mao⁷, Yuting Yang⁸, Xiaoying Shi⁷ and Ranga Myneni⁹, (1)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Peking University, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne Université, EcoleNormale Supérieure, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, (4)LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France, (5)Peking University, Beijing, China, (6)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Beijing, China, (7)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (8)Tsinghua University, State Key Laboratory of Hydro-Science and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Beijing, China, (9)Boston University, Earth and Environment, Boston, MA, United States