SPP 1372: Tibetan Plateau: Formation - Climate - Ecosystems (TiP)

青藏高原是亚洲季风系统的决定性因素。亚洲供水的很大一部分依赖于与高原相关的水文循环。人类对它的影响可能会产生深远的后果。青藏高原的形成，特别是构造隆升，仍然是地球科学中的一个谜。优先方案TIP在三个不同的时间尺度上研究高原形成的驱动力、气候和人类影响及其对生态系统的影响的过程、相互作用和反馈：

The Tibetan Plateau is a determining factor for the Asian monsoon system. A major part of Asia's water supply is dependent on the hydrological cycle related to the plateau. Human impacts on it may have far reaching consequences. The formation of the plateau, especially its tectonic uplift, is still an enigma in Earth science. The Priority Programme TiP researches processes, interactions and feedbacks of the driving forces plateau formation, climate and human impact and their effect on ecosystems on three different time scales: