Climatic variations of temperature and precipitation in the Yamzho Yumco Lake Basin of Tibet from 1961 to 2005

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1160-1168

  Du, Jun ^a   Hu , Jun ^b   Tang, Shujun ^c   Bao, Jianhua ^d   Lhak, Pa ^a  

^a Tibet Climate Center   (China)

^b Meteorological Bureau of Lhasa   (China)

^c Hydrology and Water Resources Survey Bureau   (China)

^d Meteorological Information and Network Center of Tibet   (China)

Author keywords

Interannual and interdecadal variations; Lake level; Precipitation; Temperature; Yamzho Yumco Lake Basin of Tibet

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG; YAMDROK LAKE;

EID: 62749205854     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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