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简介:Thetemperaturebiasesof28CMIP5AGCMsareevaluatedovertheTibetanPlateau(TP)fortheperiod1979–2005.TheresultsdemonstratethatthemajorityofCMIP5modelsunderestimateannualandseasonalmeansurface2-mairtemperatures(Tas)overtheTP.Inaddition,theensembleofthe28AGCMsandhalfoftheindividualmodelsunderestimateannualmeanskintemperatures(Ts)overtheTP.ThecoldbiasesarelargerinTasthaninTs,andarelargeroverthewesternTP.BydecomposingtheTsbiasusingthesurfaceenergybudgetequation,weinvestigatethecontributionstothecoldsurfacetemperaturebiasontheTPfromvariousfactors,includingthesurfacealbedo-inducedbias,surfacecloudradiativeforcing,clear-skyshortwaveradiation,clear-skydownwardlongwaveradiation,surfacesensibleheatflux,latentheatflux,andheatstorage.Theresultsshowasuiteofphysicallyinterlinkedprocessescontributingtothecoldsurfacetemperaturebias.Strongnegativesurfacealbedo-inducedbiasassociatedwithexcessivesnowcoverandthesurfaceheatfluxesarehighlyanticorrelated,andthecancellingoutofthesetwotermsleadstoarelativelyweakcontributiontothecoldbias.Smallersurfaceturbulentfluxesleadtocolderlower-tropospherictemperatureandlowerwatervaporcontent,whichinturncausenegativeclear-skydownwardlongwaveradiationandcoldbias.Theresultssuggestthatimprovementsintheparameterizationoftheareaofsnowcover,aswellastheboundarylayer,andhencesurfaceturbulentfluxes,mayhelptoreducethecoldbiasovertheTPinthemodels.
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简介:Soilisheterogeneousandhasdifferentthermalandhydraulicproperties,causingvariedbehaviorinheatandmoisturetransport.Therefore,soilhasanimportanteffectonland–atmosphereinteractions.Inthisstudy,animprovedsoilparameterizationschemethatconsidersgravelandorganicmatterinthesoilwasintroducedintoCLM4.5(CommunityLandModel).ByusingdatafromtheZoigeandMadoisitesontheTibetanPlateau,theabilityofthemodeltosimultaneouslysimulatethedurationoffreeze–thawperiods,soiltemperature,soilmoisture,andsurfaceenergyduringfreeze–thawprocesses,wasvalidated.Theresultsindicatedthat:(1)thenewparameterizationperformedbetterinsimulatingthedurationofthefrozen,thawing,unfrozen,andfreezingperiods;(2)withthenewscheme,thesoilthermalconductivityvaluesweredecreased;(3)thenewparameterizationimprovedsoiltemperaturesimulationandeffectivelydecreasedcoldbiases;(4)thenewparameterizationschemeeffectivelydecreasedthedrybiasesofsoilliquidwatercontentduringthefreezing,completelyfrozen,andthawingperiods,butincreasedthewetbiasesduringthecompletelythawedperiod;and(5)thenetradiation,latentheatflux,andsoilsurfaceheatfluxoftheZoigeandMadoisitesweremuchimprovedbytheneworganicmatterandthermalconductivityparameterization.
简介:ObjectiveThenearlyparallelN–S-trendingriftsinsouthernTibetrepresenttheE–WextensionoftheTibetPlateau.MostdatawhichconstrainedtheageoftheextensionaldeformationcomefromisotopicdatingofthedikesprobablyrelatedtotheactivityofthenearlyN–Sfaultingandmicasfromhydrothermalactivityandthelowtemperaturethermochronologyofplateauuplift.Previous
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简介:Thereisageneralconsensusthatmostophiolitesformedabovesubductionzones(Pearce,2003),particularlyduringforearcextensionatsubductioninitiation(Shervais,2001;Stern,2004;WhattamandStern,2011).'Supra-Subductionzone'(SSZ)ophiolitessuchasthewell-studiedTethyanophiolites,generallydisplayacharacteristicsequentialevolutionfrommid-oceanicridgebasalts(MORBs)toislandarctholeiities(IATs)orbonites(BONs)(Pearce,2003;DilekandFurnes,2009,2011),whichweregeneratedinsequencefromthedecompressionmeltingofasthenosphericmantleandpartialmeltingofsubduction-metasomatizeddepletedmantle(SternandBloomer,1992;DilekandFurnes,2009;WhattamandStern,2011).However,ophioliteswithMORBand/oroceanic-islandbasalt(OIB)affinitiesarerare,andtheiroriginandtectonicnaturearepoorlyunderstood(Boedoetal.,2013;Saccanietal.,2013).ItisinterestingthatthecompositionoftheseophiolitesfromthecentralTibetanPlateau(CTP)isdominatedbyMORBsandminorOIBsandadistinctlackofIATsandBONs,whichisinconsistentwithmostophiolitesworldwide(RobinsonandZhou,2008;Zhangetal.,2008).Butthegenerationandtectonicnatureoftheseophiolitesarestillcontroversial.*Inthisstudy,wepresentnewgeochronological,mineralogicalandSr-NdisotopicdatafortheChayongandXiewumaficcomplexesinthewesternGarzê-Litangsuturezone(GLS),atypicalPaleo-TethyansuturecrossingtheCTP(Fig.1).TheTriassicophioliteinthewesternGLShasbeendescribedbyLietal.(2009),whofoundthatitmainlyconsistsofgabbros,diabases,pillowbasaltsandafewmetamorphicperidotites.TheophiolitehasbeentectonicallydismemberedandcropsoutinTriassicclasticrocksandlimestonesastectonicblocks.TheChayongandXiewumaficcomplexesaregenerallyregardedasimportantfragmentsoftheTriassicophiolites(e.g.,Jin,2006;Lietal.,2009).ZirconLA-ICP-MSU-Pbagesof234±3Maand236±2MacanbeinterpretedasformationtimesoftheChayongandXiewumaficcomplexes,respectively.Thebasalts
简介:Anew3Dvelocitymodelofthecrustanduppermantleinthesoutheastern(SE)marginoftheTibetanplateauwasobtainedbyjointinversionofbody-andsurface-wavedata.Forthebody-wavedata,weused7190eventsrecordedby102stationsintheSEmarginoftheTibetanplateau.Thesurface-wavedataconsistofRayleighwavephasevelocitydispersioncurvesobtainedfromambientnoisecross-correlationanalysisrecordedbyadensearrayintheSEmarginoftheTibetanplateau.ThejointinversionclearlyimprovesthevSmodelbecauseitisconstrainedbybothdatatypes.Theresultsshowthatataround10kmdepththerearetwolow-velocityanomaliesembeddedwithinthreehigh-velocitybodiesalongtheLongmenshanfaultsystem.Thesehigh-velocitybodiescorrespondwellwiththePrecambrianmassifs,andthetwolocatedtothenortheastof2013MS7.0Lushanearthquakeareassociatedwithhighfaultslipareasduringthe2008Wenchuanearthquake.Theaftershockgapbetween2013Lushanearthquakeand2008Wenchuanearthquakeisassociatedwithlow-velocityanomalies,whichalsoactsasabarrierzoneforrupturesoftwoearthquakes.Generallylargeearthquakes(M≥5)intheregionoccurringfrom2008to2015arelocatedaroundthehigh-velocityzones,indicatingthattheymayactasasperitiesfortheselargeearthquakes.Jointinversionresultsalsoclearlyshowthatthereexistlow-velocityorweakzonesinthemid-lowercrust,whicharenotevenlydistributedbeneaththeSEmarginofTibetanplateau.