Near-surface air temperature lapse rates in the mainland China during 1962-2011

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7505-7515

  Li, Xiuping ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Chen, Deliang ^b   Yang, Kun ^a   Xue, Baolin ^a   Sun, Litao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

altitudinal lapse rate; China; near surface air temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAPSE RATE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; CRYOSPHERE; DATA SET; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

CHINA; JIANGXI; XIN RIVER;

EID: 84882742993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50553     Document Type: Article

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