Articles | Volume 15, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5765-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5765-2021
Research article
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20 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2021

Evidence of elevation-dependent warming from the Chinese Tian Shan

Lu Gao, Haijun Deng, Xiangyong Lei, Jianhui Wei, Yaning Chen, Zhongqin Li, Miaomiao Ma, Xingwei Chen, Ying Chen, Meibing Liu, and Jianyun Gao

Data sets

MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 5 D. K. Hall, V. V. Salomonson, and G. A. Riggs https://doi.org/10.5067/C574UGKQQU1T

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There is a widespread controversy on the existence of the elevation-dependent warming (EDW) phenomenon due to the limited observations in high mountains. This study provides new evidence of EDW from the Chinese Tian Shan based on a high-resolution (1 km, 6-hourly) air temperature dataset. The result reveals the significant EDW on a monthly scale. The warming rate of the minimum temperature in winter showed a significant elevation dependence (p < 0.01), especially above 3000 m.