A high-resolution air temperature data set for the Chinese Tian Shan in 1979–2016

Gao, Lu; Wei, Jianhui; Wang, Lingxiao; Bernhardt, Matthias; Schulz, Karsten; Chen, Xingwei

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-2097-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-2097-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-2097-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

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27 Nov 2018

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| 27 Nov 2018

A high-resolution air temperature data set for the Chinese Tian Shan in 1979–2016

Lu Gao, Jianhui Wei, Lingxiao Wang, Matthias Bernhardt, Karsten Schulz, and Xingwei Chen

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A high-resolution air temperature data set for the Chinese Tianshan Mountains in 1979-2016 L. Gao https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887700

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High-resolution temperature data sets are important for the Chinese Tian Shan, which has a complex ecological environment system. This study presents a unique high-resolution (1 km, 6-hourly) air temperature data set for this area from 1979 to 2016 based on a robust statistical downscaling framework. The strongest advantage of this method is its independence of local meteorological stations due to a model internal, vertical lapse rate scheme. This method was validated for other mountains.