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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
9935
World Ranking
5993
National Ranking
373

Best Publications

  • Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings

    Tandong Yao;Lonnie Thompson;Lonnie Thompson;Wei Yang;Wusheng Yu

  • The imbalance of the Asian water tower

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  • Black soot and the survival of Tibetan glaciers

    Baiqing Xu;Junji Cao;James Hansen;Tandong Yao

  • An inventory of glacial lakes in the Third Pole region and their changes in response to global warming

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Hongjie Xie;Weicai Wang

  • High Mountain Asian glacier response to climate revealed by multi-temporal satellite observations since the 1960s.

    Atanu Bhattacharya;Tobias Bolch;Kriti Mukherjee;Owen King

  • Glacial distribution and mass balance in the Yarlung Zangbo River and its influence on lakes

    TanDong Yao;ZhiGuo Li;Wei Yang;XueJun Guo

  • WRF simulation of a precipitation event over the Tibetan Plateau, China - an assessment using remote sensing and ground observations

    Fabien Maussion;Dieter Scherer;R. Finkelnburg;J. Richters

  • The footprint of Asian monsoon dynamics in the mass and energy balance of a Tibetan glacier

    Thomas Mölg;Fabien Maussion;W. Yang;Dieter Scherer

  • Mass balance of a maritime glacier on the southeast Tibetan Plateau and its climatic sensitivity

    Wei Yang;Tandong Yao;Xiaofeng Guo;Meilin Zhu

  • Light‐absorbing impurities enhance glacier albedo reduction in the southeastern Tibetan plateau

    Yulan Zhang;Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Zhiyuan Cong;Zhiyuan Cong;Julia Schmale

  • Summertime surface energy budget and ablation modeling in the ablation zone of a maritime Tibetan glacier

    Wei Yang;Xiaofeng Guo;Tandong Yao;Kun Yang

  • Process, mechanisms, and early warning of glacier collapse-induced river blocking disasters in the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, southeastern Tibetan Plateau.

    Baosheng An;Weicai Wang;Wei Yang;Guangjian Wu

  • Deposition of anthropogenic aerosols in a southeastern Tibetan glacier

    Bai-Qing Xu;Mo Wang;Daniel R. Joswiak;Jun-Ji Cao

  • Recent accelerating mass loss of southeast Tibetan glaciers and the relationship with changes in macroscale atmospheric circulations

    Wei Yang;Wei Yang;Xiaofeng Guo;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Meilin Zhu

  • Warming-induced monsoon precipitation phase change intensifies glacier mass loss in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

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  • Comparison of temperature lapse rates from the northern to the southern slopes of the Himalayas

    Dambaru Ballab Kattel;Dambaru Ballab Kattel;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Wei Yang;Wei Yang;Yang Gao;Yang Gao

  • Evaluation of a Coupled Snow and Energy Balance Model for Zhadang Glacier, Tibetan Plateau, Using Glaciological Measurements and Time-Lapse Photography

    Eva Huintjes;Tobias Sauter;Tobias Sauter;Benjamin Schröter;Fabien Maussion;Fabien Maussion

  • Vanishing Glaciers at Southeast Tibetan Plateau Have Not Offset the Declining Runoff at Yarlung Zangbo

    Yuanwei Wang;Yuanwei Wang;Lei Wang;Jing Zhou;Tandong Yao

  • Major advances in studies of the physical geography and living environment of China during the past 70 years and future prospects

    Fahu Chen;Fahu Chen;Bojie Fu;Bojie Fu;Jun Xia;Jun Xia;Duo Wu

  • Early onset of rainy season suppresses glacier melt: a case study on Zhadang glacier, Tibetan Plateau

    Shichang Kang;Feng Chen;Tanguang Gao;Yongjun Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Miaogen Shen
Miaogen Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hideki Kobayashi
Hideki Kobayashi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Baiqing Xu
Baiqing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jin Chen
Jin Chen Beijing Normal University
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Tsinghua University
Francesca Pellicciotti
Francesca Pellicciotti Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yangting Lin
Yangting Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lide Tian
Lide Tian Chinese Academy of Sciences

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