Inter- and intra-annual wind speed variabilities in wide valley regions of the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, China.

ABSTRACT: Wind speed and variability are the most critical climatic factors affecting sand/dust storms, which have not been sufficiently studied in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River (MYR). In this study, wind speed variability was investigated using the moving average over shifting horizon method (MASH), combined with the modified Mann-Kendall test and Sen's slope based on data from the Tsetang, Lhasa, and Nyêmo meteorological stations during 1960-2015. The results indicated that annual wind speeds for the MYR wide valley regions declined significantly at decadal rates of - 0.216 m/s and underwent three stages from 1960 to 2015: an increasing trend from 1960 to 1975 (0.44 m/s per decade), a weakening until 2006 (- 0.46 m/s per decade), and a remarkable subsequent recovery (1.05 m/s per

SUBMITTER: Ben Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7392765 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature