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A Review of the Study on the Impact of Snow Cover in the

Tibetan Plateau on Asian Monsoon
YANG Mei- Xue

YAO T an- Dong

( L aborat ory of I ce Core and Cold R egi ons E nv ironmen t , L IG G , CAS , L anzhou 730000)

Abstract

Impact of snow cover on climat e in

lying surface condit ion and t he air heat condit ion. It

large scale is a major project in the earth sciences.

Dat a analysis and numerical simulat ions show t hat the

is w ell know n t hat t he monsoon relates t o t he heat

conditions of t he underlying surf ace. So it is cert ain

anomalies of snow cover area and the durat ion of snow

t hat the snow cover anomaly w ould af fect t he summer

accumulat ion on the T ibet an Plat eau, an uplif ted sur-

monsoon act ivit ies. T here are also some ot her opin-

f ace, are relat ed to t he st rengt h, t he beginning and

the end of t he Asian summer monsoon. If the snow

ions that are not accord w ith the above results. T he

study results reported by Li Peiji show t hat t he varia-

cover area is large and the durat ion of the snow accu-

t ions of t he Indian sum mer monsoon precipitation are

mulat ion is long, t hen Asian monsoon occurs lat er and

advances slow ly . In such a year, Asian monsoon is

not m ainly caused by t he anomalies of the snow cover

on the plat eau. T he snow cover on the plat eau in pre

w eak. If the snow cover area is small and t he dura-

- w int er does not have t he so- called signif icant cor-

t ion of t he snow accumulat ion is short, t hen Asian

relat ionship w ith the Indian summer monsoon precip-i

monsoon is strong and occurs early and advances

quickly.

t at ion in post - summer. T herefore, the relationship

betw een t he snow cover on t he plat eau and t he

It seemed easy to understand on the physical as-

st rengt h of Asian summer monsoon and its corre-

pect that there exists correlat ionship bet w een the

snow cover on the plateau and t he Asian summer

sponding precipitation belt is still an unresolved problem. It is necessary to cumulate quality snow cover

monsoon precipitat ion, because snow cover is one of

data and to enhance the underst anding of the mon-

the import ant physical factors t hat af fects t he under-

soon and it s corresponding precipit ait on belt.

Key words

T ibet an Plateau, snow cover, Asian monsoon