%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Biget, T.
%A Brun, Fanny
%A Immerzeel, W.
%A Martin, L.
%A Pritchard, H.
%A Collier, E.
%A Lei, Y. B.
%A Yao, T. D.
%T Brief communication : Sharp precipitation gradient on the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau during cold season
%D 2025
%L fdi:010095561
%G ENG
%J Cryosphere
%@ 1994-0416
%K CHINE ; TIBET PLATEAU ; PAIKU BASSIN
%M ISI:001616010500001
%N 11
%P 5863-5870
%R 10.5194/tc-19-5863-2025
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010095561
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2025-12/010095561.pdf
%V 19
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X The Tibetan Plateau is a high-altitude arid region, where limited in-situ precipitation measurements are available. In this communication, we document a strong precipitation gradient at the southern edge of the Paiku Co catchment (southern Tibetan Plateau) from in-situ data and atmospheric model outputs. In particular, we use water pressure time series from proglacial lakes, two automatic weather stations, and data from ERA5-Land reanalysis and CORDEX-FPS-CPTP ensemble. We show that precipitation totals can vary by one order of magnitude over a short distance of 10 km in a rather smooth terrain during the cold season. This large precipitation gradient marks the transition between the great Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau.
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