Effect of altitude and latitude on surface air temperature across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 808-816

  Wang, Keli ^a   Sun, Jia ^a,c   Cheng, Guodong ^a,b   Jiang, Hao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Altitude; Latitude; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Surface air temperature; Vertical lapse rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455135196     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-011-1090-2     Document Type: Article

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