Analysis of Ice Phenology of Middle and Large Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau.

ABSTRACT: Considered as a sensitive indicator of climate change, lake ice phenology can have significant influences on regional climate by affecting lake-atmosphere energy and water exchange. However, in situ measurements of ice phenology events are quite limited over high-elevation lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, where satellite monitoring can make up such deficiency. In this study, by a combination of AMSR-E (2002-2011) and AMSR-2 (2012-2021) passive microwave data, MODIS optimal products and in situ measurements of temperature profiles in four lakes, the ice phenology events of 40 high-elevation large lakes were derived and their inter-annual trends and influencing factors were analyzed. The freeze-up start date (FUS) mainly occurs in November-December with an average date of 9 December and the bre

SUBMITTER: Sun L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9920458 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature