Evaluation of ERA-interim monthly temperature data over the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1154-1168

  Gao, Lu ^a,b,c   Hao, Lu ^d   Chen, Xing Wei ^a,b,c  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fujian Provincial Engineering Research Center for Monitoring and Assessing Terrestrial Disasters   (China)

^c Research Center for National Geographical Condition Monitoring and Emergency Support in the Economic Zone on the West Side of the Taiwan Strait   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Reanalysis; Tibetan Plateau; Warming trend

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84919910839     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-014-3013-5     Document Type: Article

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