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Name:Tandong Yao
Title & Affiliation:Ph.D, Professor, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Email:tdyao@itpcas.ac.cn
Homepage in Chinese:http://tdyao.itpcas.ac.cn/Chinese.html
Address:Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lin Cui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101 China

Education and Appointments

Education:  

  • Ph.D  Physical Geography, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China           1986
  • M.S.  Physical Geography, Lanzhou University, China                                                 1982
  • B.S.  Physical Geography, Lanzhou University, China                                                  1978

Research Experiences:  

  • 2003-now    Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS
  • 1999-2003  Professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, CAS
  • 1996-1999  Professor, Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology, CAS
  • 1996-1997  Visiting Scholar, the Ohio State University, USA
  • 1995-1996  Visiting Scholar, the Ohio State University, USA
  • 1993-1994  Visiting Scholar, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environment, Paris, France
  • 1992-1993  Visiting Scholar, Byrd Polar Research Center, the Ohio State University, USA
  • 1988-1990  Post-doc, Byrd Polar Research Center, the Ohio State University, USA
  • 1987-1988  Post-doc, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l’Environmement, France

Research Interest

Glacier Environment and Global Change

Selected Publications

2013 

1. Yao, T., Masson-Delmotte, V., Gao, J., Yu, W., Yang, X., Risi, C., Sturm, C., Werner, M., Zhao, H., He, Y., Ren, W., Tian, L., Shi, C., & Hou, S. A review of climatic controls on δ18O in precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau: Observations and simulations. Reviews of Geophysics, 2013, 51: 525-548 

2. Zhang, G.S., Kang, S.C., Fujita, K., Huintjes, E., Xu, J.Q., Yamazaki, T., Haginoya, S., Wei, Y., Scherer, D., Schneider, C., and Yao, T.D. Energy and mass balance of Zhadang glacier surface, central Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology, 2013, 59: 137-148 

3. Zhang, G.Q., Yao, T.D., Xie, H.J., Kang, S.C., and Lei, Y.B. Increased mass over the Tibetan Plateau: From lakes or glaciers Geophysical Research Letters, 2013, 40: 2125-2130 

4. Zhang, G.Q., Xie, H.J., Yao, T.D., and Kang, S.C. Water balance estimates of ten greatest lakes in China using ICESat and Landsat data. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2013, 58: 3815-3829 

5. Yu, W.S., Yao, T.D., Kang, S.C., Pu, J.C., Yang, W., Gao, T.G., Zhao, H.B., Zhou, H., Li, S.H., Wang, W.C., and Ma, L.L. Different region climate regimes and topography affect the changes in area and mass balance of glaciers on the north and south slopes of the same glacierized massif (the West Nyainqentanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau). Journal of Hydrology, 2013, 495: 64-73 

6. Yao, P., Schwab, V.F., Roth, V.N., Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., and Gleixner, G. Levoglucosan concentrations in ice-core samples from the Tibetan Plateau determined by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. Journal of Glaciology, 2013, 59: 599-612 

7. Yang, W., Yao, T.D., Guo, X.F., Zhu, M.L., Li, S.H., and Kattel, D.B. Mass balance of a maritime glacier on the southeast Tibetan Plateau and its climatic sensitivity. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2013, 118: 9579-9594 

8. Chen, H., Zhu, Q.A., Peng, C.H., Wu, N., Wang, Y.F., Fang, X.Q., Gao, Y.H., Zhu, D., Yang, G., Tian, J.Q., Kang, X.M., Piao, S.L., Ouyang, H., Xiang, W.H., Luo, Z.B., Jiang, H., Song, X.Z., Zhang, Y., Yu, G.R., Zhao, X.Q., Gong, P., Yao, T.D., and Wu, J.H. The impacts of climate change and human activities on biogeochemical cycles on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Global Change Biology, 2013, 19: 2940-2955 

9. Dawadi, B., Liang, E.Y., Tian, L.D., Devkota, L.P., and Yao, T.D. Pre-monsoon precipitation signal in tree rings of timberline Betula utilis in the central Himalayas. Quaternary International, 2013, 283: 72-77 

10. Gao, J., Masson-Delmotte, V., Risi, C., He, Y., and Yao, T. What controls precipitation delta O18 in the southern Tibetan Plateau at seasonal and intra-seasonal scales A case study at Lhasa and Nyalam. Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 2013, 65 

11. Guenther, F., Aichner, B., Siegwolf, R., Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., and Gleixner, G. A synthesis of hydrogen isotope variability and its hydrological significance at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International, 2013, 313: 3-16 

12. Joswiak, D.R., Yao, T.D., Wu, G.J., Tian, L.D., and Xu, B.Q. Ice-core evidence of westerly and monsoon moisture contributions in the central Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology, 2013, 59: 56-66 

13. Kattel, D.B., Yao, T., Yang, K., Tian, L., Yang, G., and Joswiak, D. Temperature lapse rate in complex mountain terrain on the southern slope of the central Himalayas. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2013, 113: 671-682 

14. Kattel, D.B., and Yao, T.D. Recent temperature trends at mountain stations on the southern slope of the central Himalayas. Journal of Earth System Science, 2013, 122: 215-227 

15. Lei, Y.B., Yao, T.D., Bird, B.W., Yang, K., Zhai, J.Q., and Sheng, Y.W. Coherent lake growth on the central Tibetan Plateau since the 1970s: Characterization and attribution. Journal of Hydrology, 2013, 483: 61-67 

16. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Gleixner, G., Claus, P., and Conrad, R. Methanogenic pathways, C13 isotope fractionation, and archaeal community composition in lake sediments and wetland soils on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 2013, 118: 650-664 

17. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Jiao, N.Z., Liu, X.B., Kang, S.C., and Luo, T.W. Seasonal Dynamics of the Bacterial Community in Lake Namco, the Largest Tibetan Lake. Geomicrobiology Journal, 2013, 30: 17-28 

18. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Jiao, N.Z., Zhu, L.P., Hu, A.Y., Liu, X.B., Gao, J., and Chen, Z.Q. Salinity Impact on Bacterial Community Composition in Five High-Altitude Lakes from the Tibetan Plateau, Western China. Geomicrobiology Journal, 2013, 30: 462-469 

19. Ren, W., Yao, T.D., Yang, X.X., and Joswiak, D.R. Implications of variations in delta O18 and delta D in precipitation at Madoi in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International, 2013, 313: 56-61 

20. Wu, G.J., Zhang, C.L., Xu, B.Q., Mao, R., Joswiak, D., Wang, N.L., and Yao, T.D. Atmospheric dust from a shallow ice core from Tanggula: implications for drought in the central Tibetan Plateau over the past 155 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2013, 59: 57-66 

2012 

21. Yao,T.,Thompson, L.,Yang, W.,Yu, W.,Gao, Y.,Guo, X.,Yang, X.,Duan, K.,Zhao, H.,Xu, B.,Pu, J.,Lu, A.,Xiang, Y.,Kattel, D.B., and Joswiak, D. Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings. Nature Climate Change, 2012, 2: 663-667. doi:10.1038/NCLIMATE1580 

22. Yao, Tandong., Thompson, L., Mosbrugger, V., Zhang, F., Ma, Y., Luo, T., Xu, B., Yang, X., Joswiak, D., Wang, W., Joswiak, M., Devkota, L., Tayal, S., Jilani, R., and Fayziev, R., 2012. Third Pole Environment (TPE), Environmental Development, 3:52-64. 

23. Duan, K.Q., Yao, T.D., Wang, N.L., and Liu, H.C. Numerical simulation of Urumqi Glacier No. 1 in the eastern Tianshan, central Asia from 2005 to 2070. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2012, 57: 4505-4509 

24. Lei, Y.B., Yao, T.D., Sheng, Y.W., Zhang, E.L., Wang, W.C., and Li, J.L. Characteristics of delta C-13(DIC) in lakes on the Tibetan Plateau and its implications for the carbon cycle. Hydrological Processes, 2012, 26: 535-543 

25. Lei, Y.B., Yao, T.D., Yi, C.L., Wang, W.C., Sheng, Y.W., Li, J.L., and Joswiak, D. Glacier mass loss induced the rapid growth of Linggo Co on the central Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology, 2012, 58: 177-184 

26. Wang, W.C., Yang, X.X., and Yao, T.D. Evaluation of ASTER GDEM and SRTM and their suitability in hydraulic modelling of a glacial lake outburst flood in southeast Tibet. Hydrological Processes, 2012, 26: 213-225 

27. Wang, W.C., Yao, T.D., Yang, W., Joswiak, D., and Zhu, M.L. Methods for assessing regional glacial lake variation and hazard in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau: a case study from the Boshula mountain range, China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2012, 67: 1441-1450 

28. Yang, X.X., Yao, T.D., Yang, W.L., Xu, B.Q., He, Y., and Qu, D.M. Isotopic Signal of Earlier Summer Monsoon Onset in the Bay of Bengal. Journal of Climate, 2012, 25: 2509-2516 

29. Zhang, F., Yan, X.D., Zeng, C., Zhang, M., Shrestha, S., Devkota, L.P., and Yao, T.D. Influence of Traffic Activity on Heavy Metal Concentrations of Roadside Farmland Soil in Mountainous Areas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2012, 9: 1715-1731 

30. Zhang, G.Q., Xie, H.J., Yao, T.D., Liang, T.G., and Kang, S.C. Snow cover dynamics of four lake basins over Tibetan Plateau using time series MODIS data (2001-2010). Water Resources Research, 2012, 48 

31. Zhao, H.B., Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., Wu, G.J., Lin, S.B., Gao, J., and Wang, M. Deuterium excess record in a southern Tibetan ice core and its potential climatic implications. Climate Dynamics, 2012, 38: 1791-1803 

2011 

32. Gao, J., Masson-Delmotte, V., Yao, T., Tian, L., Risi, C., and Hoffmann, G. Precipitation Water Stable Isotopes in the South Tibetan Plateau: Observations and Modeling. Journal of Climate, 2011, 24: 3161-3178 

33. Gao, Y., Lu, N., and Yao, T.D. Evaluation of a cloud-gap-filled MODIS daily snow cover product over the Pacific Northwest USA. Journal of Hydrology, 2011, 404: 157-165 

34. Gao, Y., Xie, H.J., and Yao, T.D. Developing Snow Cover Parameters Maps from MODIS, AMSR-E, and Blended Snow Products. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 2011, 77: 351-361 

35. Gong, P., Wang, X.P., and Yao, T.D. Ambient distribution of particulate- and gas-phase n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2011, 64: 1703-1711 

36. Gunther, F., Mugler, I., Mausbacher, R., Daut, G., Leopold, K., Gerstmann, U.C., Xu, B., Yao, T., and Gleixner, G. Response of delta D values of sedimentary n-alkanes to variations in source water isotope signals and climate proxies at lake Nam Co, Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International, 2011, 236: 82-90 

37. Li, S.H., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., and Wang, P.L. Seasonal transition characteristics of the westerly jet: Study based on field observations at an altitude of 6900 m on the Mt. Xixiabangma Dasuopu glacier. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2011, 56: 1912-1920 

38. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Jiao, N.Z., Tian, L.D., Hu, A.Y., Yu, W.S., and Li, S.H. Microbial diversity in the snow, a moraine lake and a stream in Himalayan glacier. Extremophiles, 2011, 15: 411-421 

39. Maussion, F., Scherer, D., Finkelnburg, R., Richters, J., Yang, W., and Yao, T. WRF simulation of a precipitation event over the Tibetan Plateau, China - an assessment using remote sensing and ground observations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2011, 15: 1795-1817 

40. Wang, W.C., Yao, T.D., Gao, Y., Yang, X.X., and Kattel, D.B. A First-order Method to Identify Potentially Dangerous Glacial Lakes in a Region of the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Mountain Research and Development, 2011, 31: 122-130 

41. Wang, W.C., Yao, T.D., and Yang, X.X. Variations of glacial lakes and glaciers in the Boshula mountain range, southeast Tibet, from the 1970s to 2009. Annals of Glaciology, 2011, 52: 9-17 

42. Yang, W., Guo, X.F., Yao, T.D., Yang, K., Zhao, L., Li, S.H., and Zhu, M.L. Summertime surface energy budget and ablation modeling in the ablation zone of a maritime Tibetan glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2011, 116 

43. Yang, X.X., Yao, T.D., Yang, W.L., Yu, W.S., and Qu, D.M. Co-existence of temperature and amount effects on precipitation delta O-18 in the Asian monsoon region. Geophysical Research Letters, 2011, 38 

44. Yuan, F.S., Sheng, Y.W., Yao, T.D., Fan, C.J., Li, J.L., Zhao, H., and Lei, Y.B. Evaporative enrichment of oxygen-18 and deuterium in lake waters on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Paleolimnology, 2011, 46: 291-307 

45. Zhao, H.B., Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., and Li, Z. Records of sulfate and nitrate in an ice core from Mount Muztagata, central Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2011, 116 

2010 

46. Yao Tandong, Li Zhiguo, Yang Wei et al. Glacial distribution and mass balance in the Yarlung Zangbo River and its influence on lakes. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55: 2072-2078. 

47. Yao Tandong. Glacial fluctuations and its impacts on lakes in the southern Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55: 2071. 

48. Bolch, T., Yao, T., Kang, S., Buchroithner, M.F., Scherer, D., Maussion, F., Huintjes, E., and Schneider, C. A glacier inventory for the western Nyainqentanglha Range and the Nam Co Basin, Tibet, and glacier changes 1976-2009. Cryosphere, 2010, 4: 419-433 

49. Gao, Y., Xie, H.J., Lu, N., Yao, T.D., and Liang, T.G. Toward advanced daily cloud-free snow cover and snow water equivalent products from Terra-Aqua MODIS and Aqua AMSR-E measurements. Journal of Hydrology, 2010, 385: 23-35 

50. Gao, Y., Xie, H.J., Yao, T.D., and Xue, C.S. Integrated assessment on multi-temporal and multi-sensor combinations for reducing cloud obscuration of MODIS snow cover products of the Pacific Northwest USA. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2010, 114: 1662-1675 

51. Gong, P., Wang, X.P., Sheng, J.J., and Yao, T.D. Variations of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in atmosphere of the Tibetan Plateau: Role of the monsoon system. Atmospheric Environment, 2010, 44: 2518-2523 

52. Herrmann, M., Lu, X.M., Berking, J., Schutt, B., Yao, T.D., and Mosbrugger, V. Reconstructing Holocene vegetation and climate history of Nam Co area (Tibet), using pollen and other palynomorphs. Quaternary International, 2010, 218: 45-57 

53. Hu, A.Y., Yao, T.D., Jiao, N.Z., Liu, Y.Q., Yang, Z., and Liu, X.B. Community structures of ammonia-oxidising archaea and bacteria in high-altitude lakes on the Tibetan Plateau. Freshwater Biology, 2010, 55: 2375-2390 

54. Joswiak, D.R., Yao, T., Wu, G., Xu, B., and Zheng, W. A 70-yr record of oxygen-18 variability in an ice core from the Tanggula Mountains, central Tibetan Plateau. Climate of the Past, 2010, 6: 219-227 

55. Li, J.L., Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., Wang, N.L., and MacClune, K. Atmospheric Methane over the Past 2000 Years from a Sub-tropical Ice Core, Central Himalayas. Journal of Mountain Science, 2010, 7: 1-14 

56. Liu, X.B., Yao, T.D., Kang, S.C., Jiao, N.A.Z., Zeng, Y.H., and Liu, Y.Q. Bacterial Community of the Largest Oligosaline Lake, Namco on the Tibetan Plateau. Geomicrobiology Journal, 2010, 27: 669-682 

57. Liu, Z.F., Tian, L.D., Yao, T.D., and Yu, W.S. Characterization of precipitation delta O-18 variation in Nagqu, central Tibetan Plateau and its climatic controls. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2010, 99: 95-104 

58. Sakai, A., Fujita, K., Narama, C., Kubota, J., Nakawo, M., and Yao, T.D. Reconstructions of annual discharge and equilibrium line altitude of glaciers at Qilian Shan, northwest China, from 1978 to 2002. Hydrological Processes, 2010, 24: 2798-2806 

59. Wang, X.P., Gong, P., Yao, T.D., and Jones, K.C. Passive Air Sampling of Organochlorine Pesticides, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Across the Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Science & Technology, 2010, 44: 2988-2993 

60. Wang, X.P., Gong, P., Zhang, Q.G., and Yao, T.D. Impact of climate fluctuations on deposition of DDT and hexachlorocyclohexane in mountain glaciers: Evidence from ice core records. Environmental Pollution, 2010, 158: 375-380 

61. Wang, X.P., Yang, H.D., Gong, P., Zhao, X., Wu, G.J., Turner, S., and Yao, T.D. One century sedimentary records of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, mercury and trace elements in the Qinghai Lake, Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Pollution, 2010, 158: 3065-3070 

62. Wu, G.J., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Tian, L.D., Zhang, C.L., and Zhang, X.L. Dust concentration and flux in ice cores from the Tibetan Plateau over the past few decades. Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 2010, 62: 197-206 

63. Wu, G.J., Zhang, C.L., Zhang, X.L., Tian, L.D., and Yao, T.D. Sr and Nd isotopic composition of dust in Dunde ice core, Northern China: Implications for source tracing and use as an analogue of long-range transported Asian dust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010, 299: 409-416 

64. Yang, W., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Ma, L.L., Wang, Z.H., and Wan, M. Characteristics of recent temperate glacier fluctuations in the Parlung Zangbo River basin, southeast Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55: 2097-2102 

65. Yang, W., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., and Zhou, H. Influence of supraglacial debris on summer ablation and mass balance in the 24K glacier, southeast Tibetan Plateau. Geografiska Annaler Series a-Physical Geography, 2010, 92A: 353-360 

66. Zheng, W., Yao, T.D., Joswiak, D.R., Xu, B.Q., Wang, N.L., and Zhao, H.B. Major ions composition records from a shallow ice core on Mt. Tanggula in the central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Atmospheric Research, 2010, 97: 70-79 

2009 

67. Yao, T.D., Zhou, H., and Yang, X.X., 2009. Indian monsoon influences altitude effect of 18O in precipitation/river water on the Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 54: 2724-2731. 

68. Kang, S.C., Chen, F., Gao, T.G., Zhang, Y.J., Yang, W., Yu, W.S., and Yao, T.D. Early onset of rainy season suppresses glacier melt: a case study on Zhadang glacier, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology, 2009, 55: 755-758 

69. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Jiao, N.Z., Kang, S.C., Huang, S.J., Li, Q., Wang, K.J., and Liu, X.B. Culturable bacteria in glacial meltwater at 6,350 m on the East Rongbuk Glacier, Mount Everest. Extremophiles, 2009, 13: 89-99 

70. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Jiao, N.Z., Kang, S.C., Xu, B.Q., Zeng, Y.H., Huang, S.J., and Liu, X.B. Bacterial diversity in the snow over Tibetan Plateau Glaciers. Extremophiles, 2009, 13: 411-423 

71. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Zhu, L.P., Jiao, N.Z., Liu, X.B., Zeng, Y.H., and Jiang, H.C. Bacterial Diversity of Freshwater Alpine Lake Puma Yumco on the Tibetan Plateau. Geomicrobiology Journal, 2009, 26: 131-145 

72. Sakai, A., Fujita, K., Nakawo, M., and Yao, T.D. Simplification of heat balance calculation and its application to the glacier runoff from the July 1st Glacier in northwest China since the 1930s. Hydrological Processes, 2009, 23: 585-596 

73. Sheng, Y.W., and Yao, T.D. Integrated assessments of environmental change on the Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters, 2009, 4 

74. Takeuchi, N., Miyake, T., Nakazawa, F., Narita, H., Fujita, K., Sakai, A., Nakawo, M., Fujii, Y., Duan, K.Q., and Yao, T.D. A shallow ice core re-drilled on the Dunde Ice Cap, western China: recent changes in the Asian high mountains. Environmental Research Letters, 2009, 4 

75. Wu, G.J., Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., Zhang, C.L., and Gao, S.P. Heavy metals in aerosol samples from the Eastern Pamirs collected 2004-2006. Atmospheric Research, 2009, 93: 784-792 

76. Wu, G.J., Xu, B.Q., Zhang, C.L., Gao, S.P., and Yao, T.D. Geochemistry of dust aerosol over the Eastern Pamirs. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2009, 73: 977-989 

77. Wu, G.J., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Tian, L.D., Zhang, C.L., and Zhang, X.L. Volume-size distribution of microparticles in ice cores from the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology, 2009, 55: 859-868 

78. Wu, G.J., Zhang, C.L., Gao, S.P., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., and Xia, D.S. Element composition of dust from a shallow Dunde ice core, Northern China. Global and Planetary Change, 2009, 67: 186-192 

79. Xiang, S.R., Shang, T.C., Chen, Y., Jing, Z.F., and Yao, T.D. Changes in diversity and biomass of bacteria along a shallow snow pit from Kuytun 51 Glacier, Tianshan Mountains, China. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 2009, 114 

80. Xiang, S.R., Shang, T.C., Chen, Y., Jing, Z.F., and Yao, T.D. Dominant Bacteria and Biomass in the Kuytun 51 Glacier. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2009, 75: 7287-7290 

81. Xiang, S.R., Shang, T.C., Chen, Y., and Yao, T.D. Deposition and postdeposition mechanisms as possible drivers of microbial population variability in glacier ice. Fems Microbiology Ecology, 2009, 70: 165-176 

82. Xu, B.Q., Cao, J.J., Hansen, J., Yao, T.D., Joswia, D.R., Wang, N.L., Wu, G.J., Wang, M., Zhao, H.B., Yang, W., Liu, X.Q., and He, J.Q. Black soot and the survival of Tibetan glaciers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009, 106: 22114-22118 

83. Xu, B.Q., Wang, M., Joswiak, D.R., Cao, J.J., Yao, T.D., Wu, G.J., Yang, W., and Zhao, H.B. Deposition of anthropogenic aerosols in a southeastern Tibetan glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2009, 114 

84. Zhang, X.J., Ma, X.J., Wang, N.L., and Yao, T.D. New subgroup of Bacteroidetes and diverse microorganisms in Tibetan plateau glacial ice provide a biological record of environmental conditions. Fems Microbiology Ecology, 2009, 67: 21-29 

2008 

86. Yao Tandong, Liu, Y., Kang, S., Jiao, N., Zeng, Y., Liu, X., and Zhang, Y. Bacteria variability in a Tibetan ice core and their relations with climate change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2008, 22, GB4017, doi: 10.1029/2007GB003140. 

87. Yao, Tandong., K.Duan, B.Xu, N.Wang, X.Guo, X. Yang. Precipitation record since AD 1600 from ice cores on the central Tibetan Plateau, Climate of the Past, 2008, 4:175-180. 

88. Kehrwald, N.M., Thompson, L.G., Yao, T.D., Mosley-Thompson, E., Schotterer, U., Alfimov, V., Beer, J., Eikenberg, J., and Davis, M.E. Mass loss on Himalayan glacier endangers water resources. Geophysical Research Letters, 2008, 35 

89. Liu, X.Q., Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., Wang, N.L., and Wu, G.J. Carbonaceous particles in Muztagh Ata ice core, West Kunlun Mountains, China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008, 53: 3379-3386 

90. Liu, Z.F., Tian, L., Yao, T.D., and Yu, W.S. Seasonal deuterium excess in Nagqu precipitation: influence of moisture transport and recycling in the middle of Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Geology, 2008, 55: 1501-1506 

91. Liu, Z.F., Tian, L.D., Chai, X.R., and Yao, T.D. A model-based determination of spatial variation of precipitation delta O-18 over China. Chemical Geology, 2008, 249: 203-212 

92. Ma, Y.M., Kang, S.C., Zhu, L.P., Xu, B.Q., Tian, L.D., and Yao, T.D. Tibetan observation and research platform atmosphere-land interaction over a heterogeneous landscape. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2008, 89: 1487- 

93. Mugler, I., Sachse, D., Werner, M., Xu, B.Q., Wu, G.J., Yao, T.D., and Gleixner, G. Effect of lake evaporation on delta D values of lacustrine n-alkanes: A comparison of Nam Co (Tibetan Plateau) and Holzmaar (Germany). Organic Geochemistry, 2008, 39: 711-729 

94. Pu, J.C., Yao, T.D., Yang, M.X., Tian, L.D., Wang, N.L., Ageta, Y., and Fujita, K. Rapid decrease of mass balance observed in the Xiao (Lesser) Dongkemadi Glacier, in the central Tibetan Plateau. Hydrological Processes, 2008, 22: 2953-2958 

95. Tian, L., Liu, Z.F., Gong, T.L., Yin, C.L., Yu, W.S., and Yao, T.D. Isotopic variation in the lake water balance at the Yamdruk-tso basin, southern Tibetan Plateau. Hydrological Processes, 2008, 22: 3386-3392 

96. Wang, P.L., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., Wu, G.J., Li, Z., and Yang, W. Recent high-resolution glaciochemical record from a Dasuopu firn core of middle Himalayas. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008, 53: 418-425 

97. Wang, X.P., Xu, B.Q., Kang, S.C., Cong, Z.Y., and Yao, T.D. The historical residue trends of DDT, hexachlorocyclohexanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an ice core from Mt. Everest, central Himalayas, China. Atmospheric Environment, 2008, 42: 6699-6709 

98. Wang, X.P., Yao, T.D., Wang, P.L., Yang, W., and Tian, L.D. The recent deposition of persistent organic pollutants and mercury to the Dasuopu glacier, Mt. Xixiabangma, central Himalayas. Science of the Total Environment, 2008, 394: 134-143 

99. Wu, G.J., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Tian, L.D., Li, Z., and Duan, K.Q. Seasonal variations of dust record in the Muztagata ice cores. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008, 53: 2506-2512 

100. Xiao, C.D., Qin, D.H., Yao, T.D., Ding, Y.J., Liu, S.Y., Zhao, L., and Liu, Y.J. Progress on observation of cryospheric components and climate-related studies in China. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2008, 25: 164-180 

101. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Gou, X.H., and Wang, H.J. Precipitation Distribution along the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Highway, Summer 1998. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, 2008, 40: 761-769 

102. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Nelson, F.E., Shiklomanov, N.I., Guo, D.L., and Wang, C.H. Snow cover and depth of freeze-thaw on the Tibetan Plateau: a case study from 1997 to 1998. Physical Geography, 2008, 29: 208-221 

103. Yang, R.Q., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Jiang, G.B., and Zheng, X.Y. Distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in conifer needles in the southeast Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Pollution, 2008, 153: 92-100 

104. Yang, W., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Wu, G.J., Ma, L.L., and Xin, X.D. Quick ice mass loss and abrupt retreat of the maritime glaciers in the Kangri Karpo Mountains, southeast Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008, 53: 2547-2551 

105. Ye, Q.H., Yao, T.D., Chen, F., Kang, S.C., Zhang, X.Q., and Wang, Y. Response of glacier and lake covariations to climate change in Mapam Yumco basin on Tibetan plateau during 1974-2003. Journal of China University of Geosciences, 2008, 19: 135-145 

106. Ye, Q.H., Yao, T.D., and Naruse, R. Glacier and lake variations in the Mapam Yumco basin, western Himalaya of the Tibetan Plateau, from 1974 to 2003 using remote-sensing and GIS technologies. Journal of Glaciology, 2008, 54: 933-935 

107. Yin, C.L., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., Liu, D.N., Yu, W.S., and Qu, D.M. Temporal variations of delta (18)O of atmospheric water vapor at Delingha. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2008, 51: 966-975 

108. Yu, W.S., Yao, T.D., Tian, L., Ma, Y.M., Ichlyanagi, K.P., Wang, Y., and Sun, W.Z. Relationships between delta O-18 in precipitation and air temperature and moisture origin on a south-north transect of the Tibetan Plateau. Atmospheric Research, 2008, 87: 158-169 

109. Zhang, X.F., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., Xu, S.J., and An, L.Z. Phylogenetic and physiological diversity of bacteria isolated from Puruogangri ice core. Microbial Ecology, 2008, 55: 476-488 

110. Zhao, H.B., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Li, Z., and Duan, K.Q. Ammonium record over the last 96 years from the Muztagata glacier in Central Asia. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008, 53: 1255-1261 

2007 

111. Yao Tandong, Duan Keqin, Thompson L.G., Wang Ninglian, Tian Lide, Xu Baiqing, Wang Youqing, and Yu Wusheng. Temperature variations over the past millennium on the Tibetan Plateau revealed by four ice cores. Annals of Glaciology, 2007, 46: 362-365. 

112. Yao Tandong, Pu Jianchen, Lu Anxin, Wang Youqing, and Yu Wusheng. Recent glacial retreat and its impact on hydrological processes on the Tibetan Plateau, China, and surrounding regions. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2007, 39(4): 642–650. 

113. Duan, K.Q., Thompson, L.G., Yao, T., Davis, M.E., and Mosley-Thompson, E. A 1000 year history of atmospheric sulfate concentrations in southern Asia as recorded by a Himalayan ice core. Geophysical Research Letters, 2007, 34 

114. Li, Y.F., Yao, T.D., Li, Z.Q., Zhen, L., Liu, Y.P., and Duan, J.P. Determination of trace elements in snow and ice by double focusing inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2007, 35: 37-42 

115. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Kang, S.C., Jiao, N.Z., Zeng, Y.H., Huang, S.J., and Luo, T.W. Microbial community structure in major habitats above 6000 m on Mount Everest. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2007, 52: 2350-2357 

116. Liu, Z.F., Tian, L.D., Yao, T.D., Gong, T.L., Yin, C.L., and Yu, W.S. Temporal and spatial variations of delta O-18 in precipitation of the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2007, 17: 317-326 

117. Tian, L.D., Yao, T.D., MacClune, K., White, J.W.C., Schilla, A., Vaughn, B., Vachon, R., and Ichiyanagi, K. Stable isotopic variations in west China: A consideration of moisture sources. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2007, 112 

118. Tian, L.D., Yao, T.D., Wu, G.J., Li, Z., Xu, B.N., and Li, Y.F. Chernobyl nuclear accident revealed from the 7010 m Muztagata ice core record. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2007, 52: 1436-1439 

119. Wang, N.L., Yao, T.D., Yang, X.D., Shen, J., and Wang, Y. Variations in dust event frequency over the past century reflected by ice-core and lacustrine records in north China. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2007, 50: 736-744 

120. Wang, X.P., Yao, T.D., Cong, Z.Y., Yan, X.L., Kang, S.C., and Zhang, Y. Concentration level and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil and grass around Mt. Qomolangma, China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2007, 52: 1405-1413 

121. Wang, X.P., Yao, T.D., Cong, Z.Y., Yan, X.L., Kang, S.C., and Zhang, Y. Distribution of persistent organic pollutants in soil and grasses around Mt. Qomolangma, China. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2007, 52: 153-162 

122. Wen, L., Yao, T., Li, D., Tian, L., and Ma, W. The relationship between Indian monsoon precipitation along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway and differences in sensible heat flux. Hydrological Processes, 2007, 21: 379-386 

123. Yang, B., Braeuning, A., Yao, T., and Davis, M.E. Correlation between the oxygen isotope record from Dasuopu ice core and the Asian Southwest Monsoon during the last millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2007, 26: 1810-1817 

124. Yang, M., Yao, T., Gou, X., and Tang, H. Water recycling between the land surface an atmosphere on the northern Tibetan plateau-a case study at flat observation sites. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, 2007, 39: 694-698 

125. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Gou, X.H., Hirose, N., Fujii, H.Y., Hao, L.S., and Levia, D.F. Diurnal freeze/thaw cycles of the ground surface on the Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2007, 52: 136-139 

126. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Gou, X.H., Wang, H.J., and Ha, L.S. Comparison analysis of the summer monsoon precipitation between northern and southern slopes of Tanggula Mountains, Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau: a case study in summer 1998. Hydrological Processes, 2007, 21: 1841-1847 

127. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Gou, X.H., Wang, H.J., and Tang, H.G. The spatially heterogeneous distribution of precipitation of the Anduo area, Tibetan Plateau, in summer 1998. Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal Des Sciences Hydrologiques, 2007, 52: 645-653 

128. Yang, R.Q., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Jiang, G.B., and Xin, X.D. Accumulation features of organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in fish from high mountain lakes and Lhasa River in the Tibetan Plateau. Environment International, 2007, 33: 151-156 

129. Yu, W., Yao, T., Tian, L., Ma, Y., Kurita, N., Ichiyanagi, K., Wang, Y., and Sun, W. Stable isotope variations in precipitation and moisture trajectories on the western Tibetan plateau, China. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 2007, 39: 688-693 

130. Zhao, H.B., Yao, T.D., and Xu, B.Q. Preliminary results on hydrological and hydrochemical features of Kartamak Glacier area in Mt. Muztag Ata. Journal of Mountain Science, 2007, 4: 77-85 

2006 

131. Yao Tandong, Shurong Xiang, Xiaojun Zhang, Ninglian Wang, and Youqing Wang. Microorganisms in the Malan ice core and their relation to climatic and environmental changes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2006, 20, GB1004, doi: 10.1029/2004GB002424. 

132. Yao Tandong, Guo Xuejun, L.G. Thompson, Duan Keqin, Wang Ninglian, Pu Jianchen, Xu Baiqing, Yang Xiaoxin, and Sun Weizhen. δ18O record and temperature change over the past 100 years in ice cores on the Tibetan Plateau. Science in China (Ser. D), 2006, 49(1):1-9. 

133. Yao Tandong, Li Zexia, L.G. Thompson, E. Mosley-Thompson, Wang Youqing, Tian Lide, Wang Ninglian, and Duan Keqin. δ18O records form Tibetan ice cores revealed differences in climatic changes. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 1-7. 

134. Duan, K.Q., Yao, T.D., and Thompson, L.G. Response of monsoon precipitation in the Himalayas to global warming. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2006, 111 

135. Jing, Z.F., Jiao, K.Q., Yao, T.D., Wang, N.L., and Li, Z.Q. Mass balance and recession of Urumqi glacier No. 1, Tien Shan, China, over the last 45 years. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 214-217 

136. Li, X.Z., Yi, C.L., Chen, F.H., Yao, T.D., and Li, X. Formation of proglacial dunes in front of the Puruogangri Icefield in the central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Implications for reconstructing paleoenvironmental changes since the Lateglacial. Quaternary International, 2006, 154: 122-127 

137. Li, Y.F., Yao, T.D., Wang, N.L., Li, Z., Tian, L., Xu, B.Q., and Wu, G.J. Recent changes of atmospheric heavy metals in a high-elevation ice core from Muztagh Ata, east Pamirs: initial results. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 154-159 

138. Li, Z., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., Xu, B.Q., and Li, Y.F. Atmospheric Pb variations in Central Asia since 1955 from Muztagata ice core record, eastern Pamirs. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2006, 51: 1996-2000 

139. Li, Z., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., Xu, B.Q., and Wu, G.J. Variations of delta O-18 in precipitation from the Muztagata Glacier, East Pamirs. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2006, 49: 36-42 

140. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Jiao, N.Z., Kang, S.C., Zeng, Y.H., and Huang, S.J. Microbial community structure in moraine lakes and glacial meltwaters, Mount Everest. Fems Microbiology Letters, 2006, 265: 98-105 

141. Liu, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Kang, S.C., Jiao, N.Z., Zeng, Y.H., Shi, Y., Luo, T.W., Jing, Z.F., and Huang, S.J. Seasonal variation of snow microbial community structure in the East Rongbuk glacier, Mt. Everest. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2006, 51: 1476-1486 

142. Sakai, A., Fujita, K., Duan, K., Pu, J., Nakawo, M., and Yao, T. Five decades of shrinkage of July 1st glacier, Qilian Shan, China. Journal of Glaciology, 2006, 52: 11-16 

143. Thompson, L.G., Mosley-Thompson, E., Davis, M.E., Mashiotta, T.A., Henderson, K.A., Lin, P.N., and Yao, T.D. Ice core evidence for asynchronous glaciation on the Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International, 2006, 154: 3-10 

144. Tian, L.D., Yao, T.D., Li, Z., MacClune, K., Wu, G.J., Xu, B.Q., Li, Y.F., Lu, A.X., and Shen, Y.P. Recent rapid warming trend revealed from the isotopic record in Muztagata ice core, eastern Pamirs. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2006, 111 

145. Wang, N.L., Yao, T.D., Pu, J.C., Zhang, Y.L., and Sun, W.Z. Climatic and environmental changes over the last millennium recorded in the Malan ice core from the northern Tibetan Plateau. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2006, 49: 1079-1089 

146. Wang, N.L., Yao, T.D., Thompson, L.G., and Davis, M.E. Strong negative correlation between dust event frequency and air temperature over the northern Tibetan Plateau reflected by the Malan ice-core record. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 29-33 

147. Wang, X.P., Yao, T.D., Cong, Z.Y., Yan, X.L., Kang, S.C., and Zhang, Y. Gradient distribution of persistent organic contaminants along northern slope of central-Himalayas, China. Science of the Total Environment, 2006, 372: 193-202 

148. Wu, G.J., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Li, Z., Tian, L.D., Duan, K.Q., and Wen, L.K. Grain size record of microparticles in the Muztagata ice core. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2006, 49: 10-17 

149. Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., Liu, X.Q., and Wang, N.L. Elemental and organic carbon measurements with a two-step heating-gas chromatography system in snow samples from the Tibetan Plateau. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 257-262 

150. Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., Lu, A.X., Guo, X.J., Liu, X.Q., and Li, Z. Variation's of near-surface atmospheric CO2 and H2O concentrations during summer on Muztagata. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2006, 49: 18-26 

151. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Gou, X.H., and Wang, H.J. Effect of heavy snowfall on ground temperature, northern Tibetan Plateau. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 317-322 

152. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Gou, X.H., Wang, H.J., and Neumann, T. Wavelet analysis reveals periodic oscillations in a 1700 year ice-core record from Guliya, China. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 132-136 

153. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., and Wang, H.J. Microparticle content records of the Dunde ice core and dust storms in northwestern China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2006, 27: 223-229 

154. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Wang, H.J., and Gou, X.H. Climatic oscillations over the past 120 kyr recorded in the Guliya ice core, China. Quaternary International, 2006, 154: 11-18 

155. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Wang, H.J., and Gou, X.H. Correlation between precipitation and temperature variations in the past 300years recorded in Guliya ice core, China. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 137-141 

156. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Wang, H.J., Tian, L.D., and Gou, X.H. Estimating the criterion for determining water vapour sources of summer precipitation on the northern Tibetan Plateau. Hydrological Processes, 2006, 20: 505-513 

157. Ye, Q.H., Yao, T.D., Kang, S.C., Chen, F., and Wang, J.H. Glacier variations in the Naimona'nyi region, western Himalaya, in the last three decades. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 385-389 

158. Yu, W.S., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., Li, Z., Sun, W.Z., and Wang, Y. Relationships between delta O-18 in summer precipitation and temperature and moisture trajectories at Muztagata, western China. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2006, 49: 27-35 

159. Yu, W.S., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., Wang, Y., Li, Z.X., and Sun, W.Z. Oxygen-18 isotopes in precipitation on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Annals of Glaciology, 2006, 43: 263-268 

2005 

160. Davis, M.E., Thompson, L.G., Yao, T.D., and Wang, N.L. Forcing of the Asian monsoon on the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from high-resolution ice core and tropical coral records. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2005, 110 

161. Ma, Y., Fan, S., Ishikawa, H., Tsukamoto, O., Yao, T., Koike, T., Zuo, H., Hu, Z., and Su, Z. Diurnal and inter-monthly variation of land surface heat fluxes over the central Tibetan Plateau area. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2005, 80: 259-273 

162. Tian, L.D., Yao, T.D., White, J.W.C., Yu, W.S., and Wang, N.L. Westerly moisture transport to the middle of Himalayas revealed from the high deuterium excess. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2005, 50: 1026-1030 

163. Xiang, S.R., Yao, T.D., An, L.Z., Wu, G.J., Xu, B.Q., Ma, X.J., Li, Z., Wang, J.X., and Yu, W.S. Vertical quantitative and dominant population distribution of the bacteria isolated from the Muztagata ice core. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2005, 48: 1728-1739 

164. Xiang, S.R., Yao, T.D., An, L.Z., Xu, B.L., and Wang, J.X. 16S rRNA sequences and differences in bacteria isolated from the Muztag Ata glacier at increasing depths. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2005, 71: 4619-4627 

165. Yu, W.S., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., Wang, Y., and Wusheng, Y. Isotopic composition of atmospheric water vapor before and after the monsoon's end in the Nagqu River Basin. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2005, 50: 2755-2760 

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166. Yao Tandong and Yang Meixue. ENSO events recorded in Tibetan ice cores. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, 2004, 9: 163-180. 

167. Yao Tandong, Liu Shiyin and Pu Jianchen. Changing glaciers in High Asia, In: Glaciers and Earth’s Changing Environment, 2004, Black-Well Publisher, 65-78. 

168. Yao Tandong, Wang Youqing, Liu Shiying, Pu Jianchen, Shen Yongping, and Lu Anxin. Glacial retreat in High Asia in China and its impact on water resource in Northwest China. Science in China (Ser. D), 2004, 47(12): 1065-1075. 

169. Yao Tandong, Wu Guangjian, Pu Jianchen, et al. Relationship between Calcium and atmospheric dust recorded in Guliya ice core. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2004, 49(7): 706-710. 

170. Duan, K.Q., Yao, T.D., and Thompson, L.G. Low-frequency of southern Asian monsoon variability using a 295-year record from the Dasuopu ice core in the central Himalayas. Geophysical Research Letters, 2004, 31 

171. He, Y., Theakstone, W.H., Zhang, Z.L., Zhang, D.A., Yao, T.D., Chen, T., Shen, Y.P., and Pang, H.X. Asynchronous Holocene climatic change across China. Quaternary Research, 2004, 61: 52-63 

172. Wang, J.X., Yao, T.D., Xu, B.Q., Wu, G.J., and Xiang, S.R. Formate and acetate records in the Muztagata ice core, northwest Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2004, 49: 1620-1624 

173. Wu, G.J., Yao, T.D., Thompson, L.G., and Li, Z.Q. Microparticle record in the Guliya ice core and its comparison with polar records since the last interglacial. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2004, 49: 607-611 

174. Xiang, S.R., Yao, T.D., An, L.Z., Li, Z., Wu, G.J., Wang, Y.Q., Xu, B.Q., and Wang, J.X. Change of bacterial community in the Malan Ice Core and its relation to climate and environment. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2004, 49: 1869-1875 

175. Xiang, S.R., Yao, T.D., An, L.Z., Xu, B.Q., Li, Z., Wu, G.J., Wang, Y.Q., Ma, S., and Chen, X.R. Bacterial diversity in Malan ice core from the Tibetan Plateau. Folia Microbiologica, 2004, 49: 269-275 

176. Yang, M.X., Wang, S.L., Yao, T.D., Gou, X.H., Lu, A.X., and Guo, X.J. Desertification and its relationship with permafrost degradation in Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) plateau. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2004, 39: 47-53 

177. Zhang, X.P., Liu, J.M., Tian, L.D., He, Y.Q., and Yao, T.D. Variations of delta O-18 in precipitation along vapor transport paths. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2004, 21: 562-572 

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178. Duan, K.Q., and Yao, T.D. Monsoon variability in the Himalayas under the condition of global warming. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 2003, 81: 251-257 

179. Duan, K.Q., and Yao, T.D. Precipitation variability in central Himalayas and its relation to Northern Hemisphere temperature. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2003, 48: 1480-1482 

180. He, Y.Q., Zhang, Z.G., Theakstone, W.H., Chen, T., Yao, T.D., Zhang, D.D., and Pang, H.X. (2003). Recent variability of the climate and glaciers in China's monsoon region. In S. Franks, G. Bloschl, M. Kumagai, K. Musiake, & D. Rosbjerg (Eds.), Water Resources Systems - Water Availability and Global Change (pp. 104-114) 

181. He, Y.Q., Zhang, Z.L., Theakstone, W.H., Chen, T., Yao, T.D., and Pang, H.X. Changing features of the climate and glaciers in China's monsoonal temperate glacier region. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2003, 108 

182. Kang, S.C., Mayewski, P.A., Yan, Y.P., Qin, D.H., Yao, T.D., and Ren, J.W. Dust records from three ice cores: relationships to spring atmospheric circulation over the Northern Hemisphere. Atmospheric Environment, 2003, 37: 4823-4835 

183. Ma, Y.M., Ishikawa, H., Tsukamoto, O., Menenti, M., Su, Z.B., Yao, T.D., Koike, T., and Yasunari, T. Regionalization of surface fluxes over heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau by using satellite remote sensing data. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 2003, 81: 277-293 

184. Ma, Y.M., Su, Z.B., Koike, T., Yao, T.D., Ishikawa, H., Ueno, K., and Menenti, M. On measuring and remote sensing surface energy partitioning over the Tibetan Plateau - from GAME/Tibet to CAMP/Tibet. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 2003, 28: 63-74 

185. Wang, N.L., Yao, T.D., Pu, J.C., Zhang, Y.L., Sun, W.Z., and Wang, Y.Q. Variations in air temperature during the last 100 years revealed by delta O-18 in the Malan ice core from the Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2003, 48: 2134-2138 

186. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., Gou, X.H., Koike, T., and He, Y.Q. The soil moisture distribution, thawing-freezing processes and their effects on the seasonal transition on the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2003, 21: 457-465 

187. Zhang, Y.S., Ohata, T., Ersi, K., and Yao, T.D. Observation and estimation of evaporation from the ground surface of the cryosphere in eastern Asia. Hydrological Processes, 2003, 17: 1135-1147 

188. Zhang, X.P., Yao, T.D., Liu, J.M., Lide, T., and Nakawo, M. Simulations of stable isotopic fractionation in mixed cloud in middle latitudes - Taking the precipitation at Urumqi as an example. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2003, 20: 261-268 

189. Zhang, Q.B., Cheng, G.D., Yao, T.D., Kang, X.C., and Huang, J.G. A 2,326-year tree-ring record of climate variability on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 2003, 30 

190. Zhang, X.J., Ma, X.J., Yao, T.D., and Zhang, G.S. Diversity of 16S rDNA and environmental factor influencing microorganisms in Malan ice core. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2003, 48: 1146-1151 

2002 

191. Yao Tandong, Duan Keqin, Xu Bauqing, Wang Ninglian, Pu Jianchen, Kang Shichang, Qin Xiang, and L.G. Thompson. Temperature and methane changes over the past 1000 years recorded in Dasuopu glacier (central Himalaya) ice core. Annals of Glaciology, 2002, 35: 379-383. 

192. Yao Tandong, Duan Keqin, Xu Baiqin, et al. Temperature and methane records over last 2ka in Dasuopu ice core. Science in China (Series D), 2002, 45(12): 1068-1074. 

193. Duan, K.Q., Yao, T.D., Pu, J.C., and Sun, W.Z. Response of monsoon variability in Himalayas to global warming. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2002, 47: 1842-1845 

194. He, Y.Q., Theakstone, W.H., Yao, T.D., Cheng, G.D., Zhang, D., and Yang, M.X. Winter-season climatic signals in the recently deposited snowpack on a Norwegian alpine glacier. Nordic Hydrology, 2002, 33: 111-122 

195. Kang, S.C., Kreutz, K.J., Mayewski, P.A., Qin, D.H., and Yao, T.D. Stable-isotopic composition of precipitation over the northern slope of the central Himalaya. Journal of Glaciology, 2002, 48: 519-526 

196. Hou, S.G., Qin, D.H., Yao, T.D., Zhang, D.Q., and Chen, T. Recent change of the ice core accumulation rates on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2002, 47: 1746-1749 

197. Wang, N.L., Yao, T.D., Thompson, L.G., Henderson, K.A., and Davis, M.E. Evidence for cold events in the early Holocene from the Guliya ice core, Tibetan Plateau, China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2002, 47: 1422-1427 

198. Xiao, C.D., Yao, T.D., Qin, D.H., Seko, K., Pu, J.C., and Sheng, W.K. Linkage of liquid conductivity of glacier ice with its alkalinity over the north Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau - Implication to the past dust recovery. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2002, 45: 300-310 

199. Xiao, C., Kang, S.C., Qin, D., Yao, T.D., and Ren, J.W. Transport of atmospheric impurities over the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau as shown by snow chemistry. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2002, 20: 231-239 

200. Zhang, X.P., Masoyoshi, N., Yao, T.D., Han, J.K., and Xie, Z.C. Variations of stable isotopic compositions in precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent regions. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2002, 45: 481-493 

201. Zhang, X.J., Yao, T.D., Ma, X.J., and Wang, N.L. Microorganisms in a high altitude glacier ice in Tibet. Folia Microbiologica, 2002, 47: 241-245 

2001 

202. He, Y.Q., Theakstone, W.H., Yao, T.D., and Shi, Y.F. The isotopic record at an alpine glacier and its implications for local climatic changes and isotopic homogenization processes. Journal of Glaciology, 2001, 47: 147-151 

203. He, Y.Q., Yao, T.D., Zhang, X.J., Chen, T., Yang, M.X., Sun, W.Z., and Li, F.X. Contemporary processes of environmental information in the atmosphere-glacier-runoff system in an area of typical monsoon temperate glacier. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2001, 44: 275-283 

204. Shi, Y.F., Yu, G., Liu, X.D., Li, B.Y., and Yao, T.D. Reconstruction of the 30-40 ka BP enhanced Indian monsoon climate based on geological records from the Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 2001, 169: 69-83 

205. Tian, L., Yao, T.D., Sun, W.Z., Stievenard, M., and Jouzel, J. Relationship between delta D and delta O18 in precipitation on north and south of the Tibetan Plateau and moisture recycling. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2001, 44: 789-796 

206. Tian, L.D., Yao, T.D., Numaguti, A., and Duan, K.Q. Relation between stable isotope in monsoon precipitation in southern Tibetan Plateau and moisture transport history. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2001, 44: 267-274 

207. Xiao, C.D., Qin, D.H., Yao, T.D., Ren, J.W., and Li, Y.F. Spread of lead pollution over remote regions and upper troposphere: Glaciochemical evidence from polar regions and Tibetan Plateau. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2001, 66: 691-698 

208. Xu, B.Q., and Yao, T.D. Dasuopu ice core record of atmospheric methane over the past 2000 years. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2001, 44: 689-695 

209. Zhang, X.J., Yao, T.D., Ma, X.J., and Wang, N.L. Analysis of the characteristics of microorganisms packed in the ice core of Malan glacier, Tibet, China. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2001, 44: 369-374 

210. Zhang, X.P., Yao, T.D., and Nakawo, M. Oxygen-18 in present-day precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau. Science in China Series E-Technological Sciences, 2001, 44: 41-47 

211. Zhang, X.P., Nakawo, M., Fujita, K., Yao, T.D., and Han, J.K. Variation of precipitation delta O-18 in Langtang Valley, Himalayas. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2001, 44: 769-778 

2000 

212. Yao Tandong, Liu Xiaodong, Wang Ninglian, Shi Yafeng, Amplitude of climatic changes in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2000, 45(13): 1236-1243. 

213. Fujita, K., Ageta, Y., Pu, J.C., and Yao, T.D. Mass balance of Xiao Dongkemadi glacier on the central Tibetan Plateau from 1989 to 1995. Annals of Glaciology, 2000, 31: 159-163 

214. Kang, S.C., Wake, C.P., Qin, D.H., Mayewski, P.A., and Yao, T.D. Monsoon and dust signals recorded in Dasuopu glacier, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology, 2000, 46: 222-226 

215. Qin, D.H., Mayewski, P.A., Kang, S.C., Ren, J.W., Hou, S.G., Yao, T.D., Yang, Q.Z., Jin, Z.F., and Mi, D.S. Evidence for recent climate change from ice cores in the central Himalaya. Annals of Glaciology, 2000, 31: 153-158 

216. Thompson, L.G., Yao, T., Mosley-Thompson, E., Davis, M.E., Henderson, K.A., and Lin, P.N. A high-resolution millennial record of the South Asian Monsoon from Himalayan ice cores. Science, 2000, 289: 1916-1919 

217. Xiao, C.D., Qin, D.H., Yao, T.D., Ren, J.W., and Li, Y.F. Global pollution shown by lead and cadmium contents in precipitation of polar regions and Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2000, 45: 847-853 

218. Xie, S.C., Yao, T.D., Kang, S.C., Xu, B.Q., Duan, K.Q., and Thompson, L.G. Geochemical analyses of a Himalayan snowpit profile: implications for atmospheric pollution and climate. Organic Geochemistry, 2000, 31: 15-23 

219. Yang, M.X., Yao, T.D., He, Y.Q., and Thompson, L.G. ENSO events recorded in the Guliya ice core. Climatic Change, 2000, 47: 401-409 

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220. Yao Tandong, Valerie Masson, Jean Jouzel, Michel Stievenard, Sun Weizhen, and Jiao Keqin. Relationships between δ18O in precipitation and surface air temperature in the Urumqi River Basin, east Tianshan Mountains, China. Geophysical Research Letters, 1999, 26(23): 3,473-3,476. 

221. Yao Tandong. High-resolution climatic record from Tibetan ice cores. Interactions between the cryosphere, climate and greenhouse gases. IAHS Publ., 1999, 256: 227-234. 

222. Yao Tandong, Abrupt climatic changes on the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Ice Age--- Comparative study of the Guliya ice core with the Greenland GRIP ice core. Science in China (Series D), 1999, 42(4): 358-368. 

223. Yao Tandong, Pu Jianchen, Wang Ninlian, and Tian Lide. A new type of ice formation zone found in the Himalayas. Chinese Science Bulletin, 1999, 44(5): 469-473. 

224. Yao Tandong, Thompson LG,New achievements in glaciology in Tibet, China,Chinese Science Bulletin, 1998, 43(14):1231-1232. 

225. Yao Tandong, Shi Yafeng, and L.G. Thompson. High resolution record of paleoclimate since the Little Ice Age from the Tibetan ice cores. Quaternary International, 1997, 37: 19-23. 

226. Yao Tandong, Thompson L G, Qin Dahe et al. Variations in temperature and preipitation in the past 2000 years on the Xizang (Tibet) Plateau--Guliya ice core record. Sciences in China, 1997, 39(4): 425-433. 

227. Yao Tandong, Thompson L G, Shi Yafeng et al., Climatic changes since the Last Interglacial recorded in the Guliya ice core. Science in China (series D), 1997, 40(6): 662-668. 

228. Yao Tandong, Wang Ninglian. Ice core study--The past, the present and the future. Chinese Science Bulletin, 1997, 42(13): 1057-1065. 

229. Yao Tandong, L.G.Thompson, Qin Dahe, Tian Lide, Jiao Keqin, Yang Zhihong, and Xie Chao. Variations in temperature and precipitation in the past 2000 years on the Xizang (Tibet) Plateau —Guliya ice core record, Sciences in China (Ser. D), 1996, 39(4): 425-433. 

230. Yao Tandong, L.G. Thmpson, E. Mosley-Thompson, and Yang Zhihong. Climatological significance of δ18O in north Tibetan ice cores. Journal of Geophysical Research, 1996, 101(D23): 29,531-29,537. 

231. Yao Tandong, Jiao Keqin, Tian Lide et al. Climatic variations since the Little Ice Age recorded in the Guliya Ice Core. Science in China, 1996, 39(6): 588-596. 

232. Yao Tandong, Jiao Keqin, Tian Lide, et al. Climate and environment records in Guliya Ice Cap. Science in China (B), 1995, 38(2): 228-237. 

233. Yao Tandong, Qin Dahe. Distribution of stable isotopes in Antarctic surface snow. Chinese science Bulletin, 1995, 41(11): 921-925. 

234. Yao Tandong, Thompson L G, Jiao Keqin, et al. Recent warming as recorded in the Qinghai-Tibetan cryosphere. Annals of Glaciology, 1995, 21: 196-200. 

235. Yao Tandong, “Asian dust transportation and global coupling system revealed from ice core records”, Paleoclimate and Environmental variability in Austral-Asian Transect during the Past 2000 years, Proceedings of the 1995 Nagoya IGBP-PAGES/PEP-2, Symposium, Nagoya University, 1995, 76-83. 

236. Yao Tandong, Thompson L G. Trends and features of climatic changes in the past 5000 years redorded by the Dunde ice core. Annals of Glaciology, 1992, 16: 21-24. 

237. Yao Tandong, Xie Zichu, Yang Qingzhao, and L.G. Thonpson. Temperature and precipitation fluctuations since 1600 A.D. provided by the Dunde Ice Cap, China. IAHS Publ., 1991, 208: 61-70. 

238. Yao Tandong, Xie Zichu, Wu Xiaoling, Thompson LG. Climatic Change since the Little Ice Age recorded by Dunde Ice Cap. Science in China (B), 1991, 34(6): 760-767. 

239. Yao Tandong, Shi Yafeng. Fluctuations and future trend of climate, glaciers and discharge of Urumqi River in Xingjiang. Science in China (series B), 1990, 33(4): 504-512. 

240. Yao Tandong. The glacial and hydrological regime under climatic influence in the Urumqi River, northwest China. IAHS Publ. 1987, 168: 367-377. 

241. Fujita, K., Seko, K., Ageta, Y., Pu, J.C., and Yao, T.D. Superimposed ice in glacier mass balance on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology, 1996, 42: 454-460 

242. Huang, C.L., Yao, T.D., Pu, J.C., Duan, K.Q., Wang, N.L., and Tian, L.D. Environmental information recorded in shallow ice core of Dasuopu glacier in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 1998, 43: 1935-1936 

243. Kang, S.C., Qin, D.H., Yao, T.D., Wake, C.P., and Mayewski, P.A. Summer monsoon and dust signals recorded in the Dasuopu firn core, central Himalayas. Chinese Science Bulletin, 1999, 44: 2010-2015 

244. Li, Z.Q., Yao, T.D., Xie, Z.C., Thompson, L.G., and Dai, J. Modern atmospheric environmental records in Guliya ice-cap of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 1995, 40: 874-876 

245. Shi, Y.F., Kong, Z.C., Wang, S.M., Tang, L.Y., Wang, F.B., Yao, T.D., Zhao, X.T., Zhang, P.Y., and Shi, S.H. Climates and environments of the Holocene megathermal maximum in China. Science in China Series B-Chemistry, 1994, 37: 481-493 

246. Shi, Y.F., Kong, Z.Z., Wang, S.M., Tang, L.Y., Wang, F.B., Yao, T.D., Zhao, X.T., Zhang, P.Y., and Shi, S.H. Mid-Holocene climates and environments in China. Global and Planetary Change, 1993, 7: 219-233 

247. Shi, Y.F., Kong, Z.Z., Wang, S.M., Tang, L.Y., Wang, F.B., Yao, T.D., Zhao, X.T., Zhang, P.Y., and Shi, S.H. The climatic fluctuation and important events of Holocene megathermal in China. Science in China Series B-Chemistry, 1994, 37: 353-365 

248. Shi, Y.F., Liu, X.D., Li, B.Y., and Yao, T.D. A very strong summer monsoon event during 30-40 kaBP in the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau and its relation to precessional cycle. Chinese Science Bulletin, 1999, 44: 1851-1858 

249. Shi, Y.F., Yao, T.D., and Yang, B. Decadal climatic variations recorded in Guliya ice core and comparison with the historical documentary data from East China during the last 2000 years. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 1999, 42: 91-100 

250. L.G. Thompson, Yao T., M.E. Davis, K.A. Henderson, E. Mosley-Thompson, P.-N. Lin, J. Beer, H.-A. Synal, J. Cole-Dai, and J.F. Bolzan. Tropical climate instability:The last glacial cycle from a Qinghai-Tibetan ice core. Science, 1997, 276: 1821-1825. 

251. L.G. Thompson, E. Mosley-Thompson, Davis M E, Dai J, Yao T, et al. Holocene--Pleistocene climate ice core record from Qinghai-Tibetan. Science, 1989, 246: 474-477. 

252. Wang, N.L., Yao, T.D., Qin, D.H., Thompson, L.G., Mosley-Thompson, E., Cole-Dai, J., Davis, M.E., and Lin, P.N. New evidence for enhanced cosmogenic isotope production rate in the atmosphere approximate to 37 kaBP from the Guliya ice core. Chinese Science Bulletin, 1999, 44: 1616-1620 

253. Wang, N.L., Yao, T.D., Qin, D.H., Thompson, L.G., Mosley-Thompson, E., Cole-Dai, J., Davis, M.E., and Lin, P.N. New evidence for enhanced cosmogenic isotope production rate in the atmosphere similar to 37 ka BP. Annals of Glaciology, 1999, 29: 136-140 

254. Wang, N.L., Yao, T.D., Shi, Y.F., Thompson, L.G., Cole-Dai, J., Lin, P.N., and Davis, M.E. On the magnitude of temperature decrease in the equatorial regions during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 1999, 42: 80-90 

255. Wang, N.L., Yao, T.D., and Thompson, L.G. Concentration of nitrate in the Guliya ice core from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and the solar activity. Chinese Science Bulletin, 1998, 43: 841-844 

256. Xie, S.C., Yao, T.D., Kang, S.C., Duan, K.Q., Xu, B.Q., and Thompson, L.G. Climatic and environmental implications from organic matter in Dasuopu glacier in Xixiabangma in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 1999, 42: 383-391 

257. Xu, B.Q., Yao, T.D., Tian, L.D., and Chappellaz, J. Variation of CH4 concentrations recorded in Dunde ice core bubbles. Chinese Science Bulletin, 1999, 44: 383-U381 

258. Zhang, X.P., Shi, Y.F., and Yao, T.D. Variational features of precipitation delta-O-18 in northeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Science in China Series B-Chemistry Life Sciences & Earth Sciences, 1995, 38: 854-864