Evapotranspiration(ET) is a critical component of the global hydrological cycle, and it has a large impact on water resource management as it affects the availability of freshwater resources. It is important to unders...
supported by the German Research Foundation(DFG)Priority Programme 1372,‘Tibetan Plateau:Formation Climate Ecosystems’through the DynRG-TiP(‘Dynamic Response of Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau to Climate Change’)project under codes SCHN 680/3-3 and SCHE 750/4-3;the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF)Central Asia Monsoon Dynamics and GeoEcosystems(CAME)program,through the WET project(‘Variability and Trends in Water Balance Components of Benchmark Drainage Basins on the Tibetan Plateau’)under code 03G0804A
The ice cap Ulugh Muztagh in the central Kunlun Shan at the northern fringe of the Tibetan Plateau is a very isolated region with arid cold conditions. No observational, meteorological or glaciological ground truth da...