Does the length of station record influence the warming trend that is perceived by Mongolian Herders near the Khangai Mountains?

Pirineos

Volumn , Issue 167, 2012, Pages 69-86

  Venable, N B H ^a   Fassnacht, S R ^a   Adyabadam, G ^b   Tumenjargal, S ^a,c   Fernandez Gimenez M ^a   Batbuyan, B ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b National Agency for Meteorology   (Mongolia)

^c Ministry for Nature and Environment   (Mongolia)

^d Center for Nomadic Pastoralism Studies   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Herder perceptions; Mongolia; Statistical significance; Warming

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

KHANGAI MOUNTAINS; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84863435960     PISSN: 03732568     EISSN: 19884281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/Pirineos.2012.167004     Document Type: Article

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