Abstract:Based on the circulation situation and the geopotential height space anomaly filed,the Tibetan Plateau heat low is divided into the primary stage, the mature stage and the weakening stage, and the dynamic,thermal,horizontal and vertical structural characteristics of the heat low in different stages are analyzed by using ERA-Interim reanalysis data from 1996 to 2015. The results show that in the primary stage (May),the range of heat low is small and lack of independence. The heat low of the mature stage (June-August) is stable and strong,and its main control range is (30°-36°N, 77°-96°E). In weakening stage (September), heat low zone is narrowed and lifted northward. The heat low reaches 500-450 hPa with positive vorticity and convergence zone inside, which is controlled by updraft. The heat low is a warm-dry structure. The closer to the ground, the more obvious the warm-dry feature is. In the primary stage, the westerly updraft is stronger and the warm-core structure is inclined to the east. The temperature of warm-core is up to 4℃ in the mature stage, warm-core and the low pressure center tend to coincide, presenting a equivalent barotropic structure. During the weakening stage, the warm-core structure is tilted eastward and the thickness of the heat low is reduced. Within the heat low control range, the cold advection is dominant, and warm advection only exists in its east side. The water vapor convergence zone is located in the central and the east side of the heat low. In May, the sensible heat flux provides good conditions for the establishment of heat low. In summer, the latent heat released by precipitation heats the atmosphere above the plateau, which is conducive to the deeper development of the heat low. The strong latent heat heating on the eastern side of the plateau extends the heat low range eastward.