Chairs: Frank Lehmkuhl, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, Bernd Wuennemann, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China and Tandong Yao, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Primary Conveners: Tandong Yao, Inst of Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing, China
Co-conveners: Bernd Wuennemann, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Lonnie G Thompson, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States and Volker Mosbrugger, Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
OSPA Liaisons: Frank Lehmkuhl, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
A Brightness-Temperature-Variance-Based Passive Microwave Algorithm for Monitoring Soil Freeze/Thaw State on the Tibetan Plateau
Menglei Han1,2, Kun Yang1, Jun Qin1, Rui Jin3, Yaoming Ma1, Jun Wen3, Yingying Chen1, Long Zhao1,2, Zhu La1,2 and Wenjun Tang1, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China
Seasonal Evapotranspiration Changes (1983–2006) of Four Large Basins on the Tibetan Plateau
Xiuping Li1, Lei Wang2, Deliang Chen3, Kun Yang2 and Aihui Wang4, (1)Inst of Tibetan Plateau Rsrch, Beijing, China, (2)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)University of Gothenburg, Department of Earth Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden, (4)Nansen-Zhu International Research Center, Beijing, China
Response of Lake Area on the Tibetan Plateau to Climate Change
Kun Yang, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Yanbin Lei, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, Beijing, China, Bin Wang, Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, Yongwei Sheng, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Broxton W Bird, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Department of Earth Sciences,, IN, IN, United States
Strong Regulation of Precipitation on Spring Phenology in the Tibetan Plateau from 1982 to 2008
Wenjiang Zhang, Sichuan University, Dept of Hydrology and Water Resources, Chengdu, China, Yonghong Yi, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States, John S Kimball, The University of Montana, Flathead Lake Biological Station, Polson, MT, United States and Youngwook Kim, Univ Montana, NTSG, Missoula, MT, United States
Is the Growth of Birch at the UPPER Timberline in the Himalayas Limited By Moisture or By Temperature?
Eryuan Liang1, Binod Dawadi1,2, Neil Pederson3 and Dieter Eckstein4, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Kathmandu, Nepal, (3)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)University of Hamburg, Centre of Wood Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
Characterization of atmospheric trace elements in the Puruogangri ice core: a preliminary account of Tibetan Plateau environmental and contamination histories
Emilie Beaudon1, Paolo Gabrielli2, Roxana Sierra Hernandez1, Anna Wegner3 and Lonnie G Thompson4, (1)Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, (3)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (4)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
Spatial distribution and magnification processes of mercury in snow from high-elevation glaciers over the Tibetan Plateau
Jie Huang1, Shichang Kang1, Junming Guo1, Qianggong Zhang1, Guoshuai Zhang1, Kang Wang2 and Lekhendra Tripathee1, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Department of Chemistry, and Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada, Winnipeg, Canada
Trace Element Determination from the Guliya Ice Core to Characterize Aerosol Deposition over the Western Tibetan Plateau during the Last 500 Years
Roxana Sierra Hernandez1, Paolo Gabrielli2, Emilie Beaudon1, Anna Wegner3 and Lonnie G Thompson4, (1)Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, (3)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (4)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
Hydrologic Sensitivities of Upper Indus Basin (North Pakistan) Rivers to Multi-Decadal Climatic Variability
Suhaib Bin Farhan1,2, Yinsheng Zhang1, Yingzhao Ma1,2, Gao Haifeng1,2, Rehmatullah Jilani3, Danial Hashmi4 and Ghulam Rasul5, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)UCAS University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)SUPARCO Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission, Karachi, Pakistan, (4)Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Lahore, Pakistan, (5)Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Islamabad, Pakistan
Continuous Lake Recession of Siling Co, Central Tibet, Since the Middle Holocene
Xuhua Shi, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States; Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Eric Kirby, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Kevin P Furlong, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, United States, Kai Meng, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Ruth A J Robinson, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom, Haijian Lu, CAGS Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China and Erchie Wang, IGG Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Drivers of weathering-related magnetic concentration changes in lacustrine sediments of the Tibetan Plateau – cases in dry and humid climate
Erwin Appel1, Weilin Zhang1,2, Shouyun Hu3, Christian Herb1, Srinivasa Goddu1, Andreas Koutsodendris4, Jörg Pross4 and Xiaomin Fang5, (1)University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, (2)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)NIGLAS Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China, (4)University of Heidelberg, Institute of Earth Sciences, Heidelberg, Germany, (5)CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijng, China
Reconstruction of Late Quaternary Environmental Changes in Large Endorheic Basins: Challenges and Problems
Kai Hartmann1, Bernhard Diekmann2, Frank Lehmkuhl3, Klaus R Reicherter3, Georg Stauch3 and Bernd Wuennemann4, (1)Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (2)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Potsdam, Bremerhaven, Germany, (3)RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, (4)Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Late Quaternary Climate and Precipitation δ18o Variations over the Tibetan Plateau from Paleoclimate Modeling
Jingmin Li1, Todd Alan Ehlers1, Martin Werner2, Sebastian Mutz1, Christian Steger3, Heiko Paeth3, Christopher J Poulsen4 and Ran Feng4, (1)University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, (2)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (3)University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, (4)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
