2003
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2003.04.04
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Climate pattern, snow- and timberlines in the Altai Mountains, Central Asia

Abstract: With 9 figures MICHAEL KLINGE, JÜRGEN BÖHNER and FRANK LEHMKUHL Zusammenfassung: Klimaverhältnisse, Schnee-und Waldgrenzen im Altai Gebirge, Zentralasien In den dünn besiedelten Gebieten Zentral-und Hochasiens besteht nur ein weitmaschiges Netz von meteorologischen Messstationen. So muss bei einer flächenhaften Analyse der klimatischen Verhältnisse über große Gebiete hinweg interpoliert werden. Ein hervorragender Ansatz zum Schließen dieser Informationslücke erschließt sich aus der räumlichen Verbreitung von u… Show more

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“…The upper forest line coincides with the 10 • C July isotherm in most places and to the minimum monthly mean temperature of 5 • C for the period between June and September. In the more humid parts of the investigation area at the western and northern slopes of the NFR both forest lines have a steep gradient and the forest belt has its greatest vertical extension between 500 and 600 m and locally up to 900 m. This agrees well with the findings of increasing vertical forest extension concurrent with increasing humidity and vice versa by Fickert (1998), Dai et al (2013) and Klinge et al (2003) in the surrounding regions. Besides temperature, rainfall influences the upper forest line because clouds reduce the air temperature by shadowing and by the reflection of solar insulation.…”
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“…The upper forest line coincides with the 10 • C July isotherm in most places and to the minimum monthly mean temperature of 5 • C for the period between June and September. In the more humid parts of the investigation area at the western and northern slopes of the NFR both forest lines have a steep gradient and the forest belt has its greatest vertical extension between 500 and 600 m and locally up to 900 m. This agrees well with the findings of increasing vertical forest extension concurrent with increasing humidity and vice versa by Fickert (1998), Dai et al (2013) and Klinge et al (2003) in the surrounding regions. Besides temperature, rainfall influences the upper forest line because clouds reduce the air temperature by shadowing and by the reflection of solar insulation.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…This closed mountain system was chosen for investigation because it provides excellent topographic preconditions to clearly indicate the lower and upper boundaries of forest distribution between the middle and central part of Asia. It fills a knowledge gap about forest lines between regions of the Tien Shan in the south and east, and the Altai mountains in the north (Fickert, 1998;Dai et al, 2013;Klinge et al, 2003). The main cities in the region are Shonzy and Kegen.…”
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