Recent warming amplification over high elevation regions across the globe

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 87-101

  Wang, Qixiang ^a   Fan, Xiaohui ^a   Wang, Mengben ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elevation; Globe; High elevation region; Surface air temperature; Warming amplification

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPLIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; GLOBAL WARMING; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ALPS; ANDES; APPALACHIANS; CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; MONGOLIAN PLATEAU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; UNITED STATES; YUNNAN-GUIZHOU PLATEAU;

EID: 84906092134     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1889-3     Document Type: Article

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