Game_Tibet data

To clarify the roles of the interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere over the Tibetan Plateau in the Asian monsoon system, two experiments using different scales will be implemented in corporation with Chinese TIPEX (TIbetan Plateau Experiment) as follows: 1) A Plateau-scale experiment using the north-south and east-west networks of one dimensional observational stations, and 2) A Meso-scale experiment with two or three dimensional intensive observation.

The energy and water cycles over the Tibetan Plateau play an important role in the Asian Monsoon system, which in turn is a major component of both the energy and water cycles of the global climate system. The Tibetan Plateau contains the world's highest elevation relief features, some reaching into the mid-troposphere, and representing an extensive massif extending from sub-tropical to middle latitudes and spanning over 25 degrees of longitude. Due to its topographic character, the plateau surface absorbs a large amount of solar radiation energy, and undergoes dramatic seasonal changes of surface heat and water fluxes (Ye and Gao, 1979). The overall goal of GAME-Tibet is to clarify the interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere over the Tibetan Plateau in the context of the Asian monsoon system.

The data which were measured in 1997 and 1998 can be download freely. You can go to the GAME Tibet Home Page (University of Tokyo). Also you can download from the following pages.

Prephased Observation Period (POP) of GAME/Tibet in 1997

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Intensive Observation Period (IOP) of GAME/Tibet in 1998

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Notes: The Game_Tibet data belongs to the project of the Game_Tibet. The Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS and the  University of Tokyo are involved into this work.