Impact of Land Use Change on the Local Climate over the Tibetan Plateau

Observational data show that the remotely sensed leaf area index (LAI) has a significant downward trend over the east Tibetan Plateau (TP), while a warming trend is found in the same area. Further analysis indicates that this warming trend mainly results from the nighttime warming. The Single-Colu...

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Main Authors: Jiming Jin, Shihua Lu, Suosuo Li, Norman L. Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/837480