A review of local land-air interactions and their impact on convective triggering in summer on the Tibetan Plateau

Land-atmosphere interactions and feedback mechanisms are inherently complex, necessitating a quantitative, integrative, and process-oriented understanding across multiple scales. Local land-atmosphere interactions pertain to the examination of the relationship between the land surface and the atmosphere, specifically within the planetary boundary layer (PBL), at a localized scale. This understanding is crucial for assessing the implications of these interactions on weather and climate, and it employs a process chain paradigm to investigate connections, such as that between soil moisture and precipitation. While significant advancements have been made in understanding land-atmosphere interactions and their effects on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) over recent decades, research focusing on local land-atmosphere interactions and their consequences on the TP remains comparatively underdeveloped when juxtaposed with studies of large-scale interactions. This paper aims to systematically review observational data regarding local land-atmosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), analyze the strengths of these interactions and their spatial variations, explore the underlying causes and mechanisms of such variations, and ultimately outline the current research challenges and future directions for development in this field.