On the Possibility of Ice Sheet over the Tibetan Plateau at the Last Glacial Maximum
关于末次盛冰期青藏高原大范围冰盖存在可能性的再研究

With the boundary conditions for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), the process-based equilibrium terrestrial biosphere model BIOME3 is used to simulate the potential paleovegetation distribution over China, and to detect the possibility of large-scale ice sheet over the Tibetan Plateau during the LGM. It turns out that vegetation distribution at the LGM is quite different from that at the present day, when the boreal temperate vegetation shift southward as a consequence of drier-colder climate compared to the present day. Sensitivity numerical experiments performed by BIOME3 also reveal that a large range of continental ice sheet do exist over the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau at the LGM.