A 40-year moisture source data for Tibetan Plateau precipitation using a 3D Lagrangian approach

This repository contains the dataset that reproduces the work by Cheng et al. (2024). The zip files contain data in netCDF format. They consist of

1. Data of Figures 1-5 in the article (Cheng et al. 2024)
2. Moisture sources of precipitation in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) 
   • TP_moisture_source_1971-2010.nc: Global map (lon,lat,time) of 40 years of moisture source (mm/day) contributing to the TP precipitation based on the FLEXPART-WaterSip approach
   • SR_1971-2010_TP_grids_1x1_XXX.nc: Fractional contributions of different circulation regimes to each of 302 1˚x1˚ grids on the TP
3. Multi-product ensemble mean precipitation and evapotranspiration
4. Boundary data of TP river basins used in the study

For any enquiries, feel free to contact Dr. Tat Fan (Franklin) Cheng at franklin.cheng@ust.hk. Please cite our two recent articles if you found the dataset useful. Thank you!

References

Cheng, T. F., Chen, D., Wang, B., Ou, T. & Lu, M. (2024). Human-induced warming accelerates local evapotranspiration and precipitation recycling over the Tibetan Plateau. Commun Earth Environ 5, 388. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01563-9  

Cheng, T. F., & Lu, M. (2023). Global Lagrangian Tracking of Continental Precipitation Recycling, Footprints, and Cascades. Journal of Climate, 36, 1923–1941. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0185.1