Tibet Plateau Research
Tibet Plateau Research
From 01/2007 to 09/2014Field of research manager: Thomas Foken, Kun Yang, Yaoming Ma
Staff: Wolfgang Babel, Tobias Biermann, Tobias Gerken, Johannes Olesch, Stefan Metzger, Daniela Pfab, Thomas Leipold, Jürgen Leonbacher, Kathrin Fuchs, Degang Zhou, Kenji Tanaka
The energy and matter exchange between the atmosphere and the underlying surface of the Tibetan Plateau will be investigated, which is an essential prerequisite to understand Asian monsoon variability, effects of climate change and the role of the ecosystems under these conditions.
Photograph: Institute of Tibetian Plateau Research (Measuring station Nam Co)
DFG SPP 1312 TiP und Atmosphere - Ecology - Glaciology Cluster within TiP
List of publications of this Field of research
| Ingrisch, J; Biermann, T; Seeber, E; Leipold, T; Li, M; Ma, Y; Xu, X; Miehe, G; Guggenberger, G; Foken, T; Kuzyakov, Y: Carbon pools and fluxes in a Tibetan alpine Kobresia pygmaea grassland partitioned by coupled eddy-covariance measurements and 13CO2 labeling, The Science of the Total Environment, 505, 1213-1225 (2015) -- Details |
| Li, M; Babel, W; Chen, X; Zhang, L; Sun, F; Wang, B; Ma, Y; Hu, Z; Foken, T: A 3-year dataset of sensible and latent heat fluxes from the Tibetan Plateau, derived using eddy-covariance measurements, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 122, 457-469 (2015), doi:10.1007/s00704-014-1302-0 -- Details |
| Biermann, T; Babel, W; Ma, W; Chen, X; Thiem, E; Ma, Y; Foken, T: Turbulent flux observations and modelling over a shallow lake and a wet grassland in the Nam Co basin, Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 116(1-2), 301-316 (2014), doi:10.1007/s00704-013-0953-6 -- Details |
| Babel, W; Biermann, T; Coners, H; Falge, E; Seeber, E; Ingrisch, J; Schleuß, P-M; Gerken, T; Leonbacher, J; Leipold, T; Willinghöfer, S; Schützenmeister, K; Shibistova, O; Becker, L; Hafner, S; Spielvogel, S; Li, X; Xu, X; Sun, Y; Zhang, L; Yang, Y; Ma, Y; Wesche, K; Graf, HF; Leuschner, C; Guggenberger, G; Kuzyakov, Y; Miehe, G; Foken, T: Pasture degradation modifies the water and carbon cycles of the Tibetan highlands, Biogeosciences, 11, 6633-6656 (2014), doi:10.5194/bg-11-6633-2014 -- Details |
| Gerken, T; Biermann, T; Babel, W; Herzog, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: A modelling investigation into lake-breeze development and convection triggering in the Nam Co Lake basin, Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 117, 149-167 (2014) -- Details |
| Babel, W; Biermann, T; Coners, H; Falge, E; Seeber, E; Ingrisch, J; Schleuß, P-M; Gerken, T; Leonbacher, J; Leipold, T; Willinghöfer, S; Schützenmeister, K; Shibistova, O; Becker, L; Hafner, S; Spielvogel, S; Li, X; Xu, X; Sun, Y; Zhang, L; Yang, Y; Ma, Y; Wesche, K; Graf, HF; Leuschner, C; Guggenberger, G; Kuzyakov, Y; Miehe, G; Foken, T: Pasture degradation modifies the water and carbon cycles of the Tibetan highlands, Biogeosciences Discussions, 11, 8861-8923 (2014) -- Details |
| Gerken, T; Babel, W; Sun, F; Herzog, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: Uncertainty in atmospheric profiles and its impact on modeled convection development at Nam Co Lake, Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, 118, 12,317–12,331 (2013), doi:10.1002/2013JD020647 -- Details |
| Li, M; Babel, W; Tanaka, K; Foken, T: Note on the application of planar-fit rotation for non-omnidirectional sonic anemometers, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 6, 221-229 (2013) -- Details |
| Foken, T; Babel, W: Auf dem „Dach der Welt“, Die Rolle Tibets bei der Wasserversorgung Südostasiens, Spektrum - Universität Bayreuth(1), 46-48 (2012) |
| Foken, T; Falke, H: Technical Note: Calibration instrument for the krypton hygrometer KH20, Atmospheric Measurements Techniques Discussions, 6, 1695-1715 (2012) -- Details |
| Gerken, T; Babel, W; Hoffmann, A; Biermann, T; Herzog, M; Friend, AD; Li, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: Turbulent flux modelling with a simple 2-layer soil model and extrapolated surface temperature applied at Nam Co Lake basin on the Tibetan Plateau, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 1095-1110 (2012), doi:10.5194/hess-16-1095-2012 [Link] -- Details |
| Foken, T; Falke, H: Technical Note: Calibration device for the krypton hygrometer KH20, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 5, 1861-1867 (2012) -- Details |
| Li, M; Babel, W; Tanaka, K; Foken, T: Note on the application of planar-fit rotation for non-omnidirectional sonic anemometers, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 5(5), 7323-7340 (2012), doi:10.5194/amtd-5-7323-2012 -- Details |
| Gerken, T; Babel, W; Hoffmann, A; Biermann, T; Herzog, M; Friend, AD; Li, M; Ma, Y; Foken, T; Graf, HF: Turbulent flux modelling with a simple 2-layer soil model and extrapolated surface temperature applied at Nam Co Lake basin on the Tibetan Plateau, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 8, 10275–10309 (2011) -- Details |
| Yang, K; Ye, B; Zhou, D; Wu, B; Foken, T; Qin, J; Zhou, Z: Response of Hydrological Cycle to Recent Climate Changes in the Tibetan Plateau, Climate Change, 109, 517-534 (2011), doi:DOI 10.1007/s10584-011-0099-4 -- Details |
| Zhou, D; Eigenmann, R; Babel, W; Foken, T; Ma, Y: Study of near-ground free convection conditions at Nam Co station on the Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 105, 217-228 (2011), doi:10.1007/s00704-010-0393-5 -- Details |
| Sun, F; Ma, Y; Li, M; Ma, W; Tian, H; Metzger, S: Boundary layer effects above a Himalayan valley near Mt. Everest, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L08808, doi:10.1029/2007GL029484. (2007) -- Details |
| Metzger, S; Ma, Y; Markkanen, T; Göckede, M; Li, M; Foken, T: Quality assessment of Tibetan Plateau Eddy Covariance measurements utilizing Footprint modeling', Advances in Earth Sciences, 21, 1260-1267, X-XI (2006) -- Details |
Related links:
- Diploma Thesis: Quality assessment of Eddy Covariance measurements above Tibetan Plateau grasslands
- Experiment: Kema-2010: Second Micrometeorology-Ecology Experiment in Tibet
- Experiment: Kema 2012: Intedisciplinary Atmosphere Ecology Experiment on the Tibetan Plateau
- Experiment: Nam Co 2009: Investigation of energy fluxes on the Tibetan Plateau
- Experiment: Nam Co 2010: Humidity measurements on the Tibetan Plateau
- Master Thesis: Carbon dioxide exchange above Kobresia meadows
- Master Thesis: Carbon dioxide exchange above Kobresia meadows
- Master Thesis: Chamber based carbon dioxide fluxes of three different vegetation treatments on the Tibetan Plateau
- Master Thesis: Convective boundary layer structures over the Tibetan Plateau
- Master Thesis: Modeling of the energy exchange above lake and land surfaces
- Master Thesis: Vergleich zweier Lagrange’scher Modelle zur Bestimmung des Footprints über heterogenem Gelände
- Master Thesis: Wasserdampfkonzentrationsmessungen in großen Höhen und bei niedrigen Temperaturen
- PhD Thesis: High-resolution modelling of surface atmosphere interactions and convection development at Nam Co Lake, Tibetan Plateau
- PhD Thesis: Site-specific modelling of turbulent fluxes on the Tibetan Plateau
- Project: CEOP-AEGIS: Ground based observations of radiative and convective fluxes and soil moisture over the Plateau at a limited but representative set of permanent sites
- Project: DFG Fo 226/18-1,2 (SPP 1372): Mesoscale circulations and energy and Gas exchange over the Tibetan Plateau