{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wu Y"],"funding":["China Postdoctoral Science Foundation","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) program"],"pagination":["6416"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9613640"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Short instrumental streamflow records in the South and East Tibetan Plateau (SETP) limit understanding of the full range and long-term variability in streamflow, which could greatly impact freshwater resources for about one billion people downstream. Here we reconstruct eight centuries (1200-2012 C.E.) of annual streamflow from the Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas in five headwater regions across the SETP. We find two regional patterns, including northern (Yellow, Yangtze, and Lancang-Mekong) and southern (Nu-Salween and Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra) SETP regions showing ten contrasting wet and dry periods, with a dividing line of regional moisture regimes at ~32°-33°N identified. We demonstrate strong temporal nonstationarity in streamflow variability, and reveal much greater high/low mean flow periods in terms of duration and magnitude: mostly pre-instrumental wetter conditions in the Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra and drier conditions in other rivers. By contrast, the frequency of extreme flows during the instrumental periods for the Yangtze, Nu-Salween, and Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra has increased by ~18% relative to the pre-instrumental periods."],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Reconstructed eight-century streamflow in the Tibetan Plateau reveals contrasting regional variability and strong nonstationarity."],"pmcid":["PMC9613640"],"funding_grant_id":["51722903","92047301","91547210","2021M691820"],"pubmed_authors":["Long D","Scanlon BR","Hu C","Lall U","Tian F","Zhang J","Fu X","Wang H","Zhao J","Wu Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Reconstructed eight-century streamflow in the Tibetan Plateau reveals contrasting regional variability and strong nonstationarity.","description":"Short instrumental streamflow records in the South and East Tibetan Plateau (SETP) limit understanding of the full range and long-term variability in streamflow, which could greatly impact freshwater resources for about one billion people downstream. Here we reconstruct eight centuries (1200-2012 C.E.) of annual streamflow from the Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas in five headwater regions across the SETP. We find two regional patterns, including northern (Yellow, Yangtze, and Lancang-Mekong) and southern (Nu-Salween and Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra) SETP regions showing ten contrasting wet and dry periods, with a dividing line of regional moisture regimes at ~32°-33°N identified. We demonstrate strong temporal nonstationarity in streamflow variability, and reveal much greater high/low mean flow periods in terms of duration and magnitude: mostly pre-instrumental wetter conditions in the Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra and drier conditions in other rivers. By contrast, the frequency of extreme flows during the instrumental periods for the Yangtze, Nu-Salween, and Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra has increased by ~18% relative to the pre-instrumental periods.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-06-01T04:06:56.688Z","creation":"2025-06-01T04:06:56.688Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9613640","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36302859"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-022-34221-9"]}}