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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-356
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-356
08 Aug 2025
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Long-term Land-Atmosphere Energy and Water Exchange Observational Dataset over central Tibetan Plateau

Haipeng Yu, Guantian Wang, Zeyong Hu, Yaoming Ma, Maoshan Li, Weiqiang Ma, Lianglei Gu, Fanglin Sun, Hongchun Gao, Shujin Wang, and Fuquan Lu

Abstract. In recent decades, the climate of Tibetan Plateau has undergone notable changes, which has a strong influence on global climate systems and human activities, making it a research hotspot. However, due to its extreme elevation, harsh environment, and complex underlying surface, long-term observations of the central Plateau's atmospheric vertical profiles have been challenging and scientific data sharing is crucial and in urgent need. This paper presents a 9-year observational dataset (2014–2022) with hourly temporal resolution from the Nagqu region of northern Tibet. The dataset is a combination of four field stations covering the central Tibetan Plateau, which recorded near-surface meteorological data, radiation budget, turbulent fluxes, and soil hydrothermal characteristics. All observational items in this dataset underwent data processing and quality control to ensure data quality. This dataset represents the most detailed raw observational data on the central Tibetan Plateau's spatial coverage and recent changes. It holds significant value in revealing energy and water exchanges between the land surface and the atmosphere on the Tibetan Plateau. Main datasets are freely available at the National Tibetan Plateau/Third Pole Environment Data Center (https://doi.org/10.11888/Meteoro.tpdc.270010, Hu et al., 2019) and additionally at National Tibetan Plateau / Third Pole Environment Data Center (https://doi.org/10.11888/Atmos.tpdc.300325, Wang et al., 2023).

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Haipeng Yu, Guantian Wang, Zeyong Hu, Yaoming Ma, Maoshan Li, Weiqiang Ma, Lianglei Gu, Fanglin Sun, Hongchun Gao, Shujin Wang, and Fuquan Lu

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Dataset of meteorological elements of Nagqu Station of Plateau Climate and Environment (2014-2017) Zeyong Hu https://doi.org/10.11888/Meteoro.tpdc.270010

Comprehensive observation data set of multi-sphere land-atmosphere interaction at 8 sites in the westerly zone and monsoon zone from 2018 to 2022 Zeyong Hu https://data.tpdc.ac.cn/en/data/7377f0ae-19c3-4549-a63b-c82fb5ffc1dd

Haipeng Yu, Guantian Wang, Zeyong Hu, Yaoming Ma, Maoshan Li, Weiqiang Ma, Lianglei Gu, Fanglin Sun, Hongchun Gao, Shujin Wang, and Fuquan Lu
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The Nagqu Observation Network, located in Central Tibetan Plateau (CTP), has functioned as the primary source of land-atmosphere interaction observations and published a near-surface meteorological observational dataset which spans a period of nine years (2014–2022) with hourly temporal resolution. This dataset will contribute to the understanding of the mechanism of land-atmosphere interactions on the TP and support comprehensive research of the energy-water cycle and climate change.
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