Global Cryosphere Evolution and Land Surface Processes on the Tibetan Plateau

Land surface process studies over the Tibetan Plateau had made large achievements in the last three decades, focus mainly on: (1) Multi-sphere interactions in the Tibetan Plateau and their impacts on regional climate, hydrology and ecosystem. (2) Mechanisms and impacts of cryospheric hazards, including cold regions engineering. (3) tempo-spatial patterns of paleoenvironment. Achievement was also made in the changes of polar cryosphere and their influences to high/middle latitudinal climate. Future expectation includes enhancing the modeling work on cryosphere research, multi-discipline research considering multi-sphere interaction, and the potential new directions linked to social activities.