Title: Analysis of precipitable water vapor and surface temperature variation over Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau from 1979 to 2014
Abstract: The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (TP), also named “the Roof of the World”, is known as the highest and largest plateau with an average altitude of about 4500 meters. Due to the unique orographical characteristics and thermal forcing mechanisms, the TP possesses unique plateau climate and, to a great extent, contributes to climate change over the whole world, especially East Asia. Intensive studies demonstrate that the warming pattern in TP exceeds that in other regions within the northern hemisphere and also the same latitudinal zone. In term of this result, the TP is regarded as one of the most sensitive regions to global climate change.