Climate change on the northern Tibetan plateau during 1957-2009: Spatial patterns and possible mechanisms

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Other Authors: Cuo, L. (author), Zhang, Yongxin (author), Wang, Q. (author), Zhang, L. (author), Zhou, B. (author), Hao, Z. (author), Su, F. (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Kendall; Climate change; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-015-544; https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00738.1

Gridded daily precipitation, temperature minima and maxima, and wind speed are generated for the northern Tibetan Plateau (NTP) for 1957-2009 using observations from 81 surface stations. Evaluation reveals reasonable quality and suitability of the gridded data for climate and hydrology analysis. The...