Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Global Warming in the Tibetan Plateau during the Last 50 Years Based on a Generalised Temperature Zone - Elevation Model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Wei, Yanqiang ^a,b   Fang, Yiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LATITUDE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WINTER;

ALGORITHMS; ALTITUDE; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIBET;

EID: 84875667421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060044     Document Type: Article

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