The fluctuation of a single lake level is a comprehensive reflection of water balance within the basin, while the regional consistent fluctuations of lake level can indicate the change of regional effective moisture. Previous researches were mainly focused on reconstructing effective moisture by multiproxy analyses of lake sediments, but lacked the quantitative studies on regional effective moisture variation. This dataset exhibits the Holocene effective moisture change in typical lake regions of the Tibetan Plateau and East and Central Asia, including Qinghai Lake, Chen Co, Bangong Co, etc., by constructing a virtual lake system, based on a lake energy balance model, a lake water balance model and a transient climate evolution model. The simulation results provide a new perspective for exploring the evolution of lakes on the millennial scale.

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Li, Y. (2022). Continuous simulation of Holocene effective moisture change in typical lake regions of the Tibetan Plateau and East and Central Asia. A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/Paleoenv.tpdc.272189. CSTR: 18406.11.Paleoenv.tpdc.272189. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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1. Li, Y., Zhang, Y.X., Zhang, X.Z., Ye, W.T., Xu, L.M., Han, Q., Li, Y.C., Liu, H.B., & Peng, S.M. (2020). A continuous simulation of Holocene effective moisture change represented by variability of virtual lake level in East and Central Asia. Science China Earth Sciences, 63, 1161-1175.( View Details | Bibtex)

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Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition Program

The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP), Grant No. 2019QZKK0202

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