Climate change in Mt. Qomolangma Region in China during the last 34 years

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 687-696

  Yang, Xuchao ^a,b   Zhang, Yili ^a,c   Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Yan, Yuping ^d   Wang, Zhaofeng ^a,b   Ding, Mingjun ^a,b   Chu, Duo ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^e Tibet Institute of Plateau Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mt. Qomolangma region; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WEATHER STATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; MOUNT EVEREST;

EID: 33749321646     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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