Recent trends in land surface temperature on the Tibetan Plateau
Recent trends in land surface temperature on the Tibetan Plateau
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DOI:
10.1175/jcli3811.1
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发表时间:
2006-06
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Y. Oku;H. Ishikawa;S. Haginoya;Yaoming Ma
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作者:
Y. Oku;H. Ishikawa;S. Haginoya;Yaoming Ma
The diurnal, seasonal, and interannual variations in land surface temperature (LST) on the Tibetan Plateau from 1996 to 2002 are analyzed using the hourly LST dataset obtained by Japanese Geostationary Meteorological Satellite 5 (GMS-5) observations. Comparing LST retrieved from GMS-5 with independent precipitation amount data demonstrates the consistent and complementary relationship between them. The results indicate an increase in the LST over this period. The daily minimum has risen faster than the daily maximum, resulting in a narrowing of the diurnal range of LST. This is in agreement with the observed trends in both global and plateau near-surface air temperature. Since the near-surface air temperature is mainly controlled by LST, this result ensures a warming trend in near-surface air temperature.