title: Air temperature change in the southern Tarim River Basin, China, 1964-2011.
abstract: The temperature data from 3 meteorological stations (Kashi, Ruoqiang, and Hotan) in the South of Tarim River Basin (STRB) during 1964-2011 were analyzed by Mann-Kendall test and correlation analysis. The results from Mann-Kendall test show that the surface temperature (ST), 850 hPa temperature (T850), and 700 hPa temperature (T700) exhibited upward trends, while 300 hPa temperature (T300) revealed a downward trend. On the whole, the change rate of ST, T850, T700, and T300 was 0.26~0.46°C/10a, 0.15~0.40°C/10a, 0.03~0.10°C/10a, and -0.38~-0.13°C/10a, respectively. For the periods, ST and T850 declined during 1964-1997 and then rose during 1998-2011. T700 declined during 1964-2005 and then rose during 2006-2011, while T300 rose from 1964 to 1970s and then declined. The results from correlation analysis show that T850 and T700 positively correlated with ST (P<0.01) at the all three stations and there was a negative correlation between T300 and ST at Hotan (P<0.1), while the correlation is not significant at Kashi and Ruoqiang. The results indicate that there were gradient differences in the response of upper-air temperature (UT) to ST change.
authors.affiliation: The Research Center for East-West Cooperation in China, The Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science, The Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
authors.forename: Benfu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: The Research Center for East-West Cooperation in China, The Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science, The Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
authors.forename: Zhongsheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: The Research Center for East-West Cooperation in China, The Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science, The Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: The Research Center for East-West Cooperation in China, The Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science, The Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005843:Geography; D045483:Rivers; D013696:Temperature