Validation and application of reanalysis temperature data over the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Meteorological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-149

  Zou, Han ^a   Zhu, Jinhuan ^a   Zhou, Libo ^a   Li, Peng ^a   Ma, Shupo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

reanalysis; surface temperature; temperature trend; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84896089698     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: 21914788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-014-3027-5     Document Type: Article

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