Causes of the Extremely Low Solar Radiation in the 2021 Growing Season over Southeastern Tibetan Plateau and Its Impact on Vegetation Growth
Yanyi He, Kun Yang, Yanghang Ren, Mijun Zou, Yuan Xu, Wenjun Tang
Abstract
The 2021 low solar radiation over southeastern Tibetan Plateau was mainly caused by abnormally strong southerlies and was further enhanced by anthropogenic aerosols and GHGs-induced warming, and consequently reduced vegetation growth.
Topics & Concepts
Plateau (mathematics)Vegetation (pathology)Environmental scienceClimatologyPhysical geographyClimate changeGrowing seasonAtmospheric sciencesGeographyGeologyEcologyOceanographyMathematicsMathematical analysisBiologyPathologyMedicineAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsSolar Radiation and PhotovoltaicsUrban Heat Island Mitigation