Recent large-inland-lake outbursts on the Tibetan Plateau: processes, causes, and mechanisms

Xu, Fenglin; Liu, Yong; Zhang, Guoqing; Zhao, Ping; Woolway, R. Iestyn; Zhu, Yani; Ju, Jianting; Zhou, Tao; Wang, Xue; Chen, Wenfeng

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1187-2025

Articles | Volume 25, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1187-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1187-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 3

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26 Mar 2025

Research article |

| 26 Mar 2025

Recent large-inland-lake outbursts on the Tibetan Plateau: processes, causes, and mechanisms

Fenglin Xu, Yong Liu, Guoqing Zhang, Ping Zhao, R. Iestyn Woolway, Yani Zhu, Jianting Ju, Tao Zhou, Xue Wang, and Wenfeng Chen

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Data sets

ERA5 monthly averaged data on pressure levels from 1940 to present Hans Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.6860a573

CSR GRACE and GRACE-FO RL06 Mascon Solutions v02 Himanshu Save https://doi.org/10.15781/cgq9-nh24

Number and area of lakes on the Tibetan Plateau from the 1970s to 2023 Fenglin Xu and Guoqing Zhang https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25939831.v1

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Glacial lake outbursts have been widely studied, but large-inland-lake outbursts have received less attention. Recently, with the rapid expansion of inland lakes, signs of potential outbursts have increased. However, their processes, causes, and mechanisms are still not well understood. Here, the outburst processes of two inland lakes were investigated using a combination of field surveys, remote sensing mapping, and hydrodynamic modeling. Their causes and mechanisms were also investigated.