Climate Changes and Their Elevational Patterns in the Mountains of the World
University of Portsmouth · Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate · +12 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Quantifying rates of climate change in mountain regions is of considerable interest, not least because mountains are viewed as climate “hotspots” where change can anticipate or amplify what is occurring elsewhere. Accelerating mountain climate change has extensive environmental impacts, including depletion of snow/ice reserves, critical for the world's water supply. Whilst the concept of elevation‐dependent warming (EDW), whereby warming rates are stratified by elevation, is widely accepted, no consistent EDW profile at the global scale has been identified. Past assessments have also neglected elevation‐dependent changes in precipitation. In this comprehensive analysis, both in situ station…
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Authors
14- NCN. C. PepinCorresponding
University of Portsmouth
- EAEnrico Arnone
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Department of Medical Sciences, National Research Council, University of Turin
- AGAndreas Gobiet
Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics
- KHKlaus Haslinger
Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics
- SKSven Kotlarski
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
Topics & keywords
- Precipitation
- Elevation (ballistics)
- Climate change
- Climatology
- Global warming
- Environmental science
- Snow
- Lapse rate