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Evidence of elevation-dependent warming from the Chinese Tian Shan
Institute of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Fujian Provincial Engineering Research Center for Monitoring and
Assessing Terrestrial Disasters, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou
350007, China
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Funded by the
Ministry of Science and Technology and the Fujian province), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Haijun Deng
Institute of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Fujian Provincial Engineering Research Center for Monitoring and
Assessing Terrestrial Disasters, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou
350007, China
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Funded by the
Ministry of Science and Technology and the Fujian province), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Xiangyong Lei
College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou
350007, China
Jianhui Wei
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Campus Alpine, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
Yaning Chen
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
Zhongqin Li
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences/Tianshan Glaciological
Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Miaomiao Ma
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing
100038, China
Xingwei Chen
Institute of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Fujian Provincial Engineering Research Center for Monitoring and
Assessing Terrestrial Disasters, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou
350007, China
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Funded by the
Ministry of Science and Technology and the Fujian province), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Ying Chen
Institute of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Fujian Provincial Engineering Research Center for Monitoring and
Assessing Terrestrial Disasters, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou
350007, China
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Funded by the
Ministry of Science and Technology and the Fujian province), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Meibing Liu
Institute of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Fujian Provincial Engineering Research Center for Monitoring and
Assessing Terrestrial Disasters, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou
350007, China
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Funded by the
Ministry of Science and Technology and the Fujian province), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Jianyun Gao
Fujian Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Fuzhou 350001, China
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Short summary
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.
There is a widespread controversy on the existence of the elevation-dependent warming (EDW)...
