Research
高山上的云，舞姿别样
Eos · By Rebecca Dzombak ·
The Brief
- Most studies of how clouds respond to climate change focus on clouds over oceans rather than over mountains.
- Existing mountain-cloud studies often concentrate on cloud microphysics rather than long-term trends in cloud phase.
- The Eos article reports a study by Zhang et al. on clouds over the highest mountains, including the Tibetan Plateau.
Why it matters
The Tibetan Plateau supplies water to hundreds of millions of people, and reduced snow cover and changing precipitation patterns threaten that supply. Understanding how clouds there are changing helps explain the regional water outlook.
Who’s affected
- climate scientists studying clouds and mountain regions
- hydrologists and water managers in areas fed by Tibetan Plateau rivers
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- #mountain climate
- #tibetan plateau
- #water supply
- #climate change
Source: AGU Advances This is an authorized translation of an Eos article . 本文是Eos 文章 的授权翻译。 关于云如何响应气候变化的研究，大多集中在海洋上空的云，而非山区的云。即便有研究关注山区云，也往往侧重于云的微物理过程，而非云相态的长期演变趋势。然而，深入了解青藏高原等地区的云行为至关重要——这些地区为数亿人 提供水源 ，而积雪减少和降水模式的改变正威胁着这一关键水源。 Zhang等人…