1. Elevation Dependent Warming in Himalayas
HM-fallunsj (Høst 2016)
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Trends of Tas in the Tibetan Plateau.

2. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
Outline
■ Elevation dependent warming (EDW), 2 pages
■ Possible causes (PC), 1 pages
■ EDW in Himalayas (Himalayas), 3 pages
■ Contrast studies (CS), 3 pages
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Negative elevation-dependent warming trend in the Eastern Alps. Environmental Research
Letters, 11(4), 44021. http://stacks.iop.org/1748-9326/11/i=4/a=044021

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EDW_1
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4. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
EDW_2
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Trends in Tas in the Tibetan Plateau.

5. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
PC
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6. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
Himalayas_1
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7. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
Himalayas_2
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-0.15
-0.15 0.20

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Himalayas_3
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CS_1
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10. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
CS_2
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11. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
CS_3
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Changes in mean annual difference between the measured incoming
radiation and the corresponding 'clear sky' radiation in the first year
of the series (ΔRad) for low elevation (LE) and high elevation (HE).