Methods for modelling of temporal and spatial distribution of air temperature at landscape scale in the southern Qilian mountains, China

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 209-220

  Chuanyan, Zhao ^a   Zhongren, Nan ^b   Guodong, Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geostatistical methods; Landscape scale; Linear regression; Qilian mountains; Surface air temperature

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOSTATISTICAL METHODS; LANDSCAPE SCALE; LINEAR REGRESSION; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

LANDFORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DECISION MAKING; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

EID: 27644457843     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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