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Yadav et al. 2004
Yadav, R.R., Park, W., Singh, J. and Dubey, B. (2004). Do the western Himalayas defy global warming?. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020201. issn: 0094-8276.

Observational records and reconstructions from tree rings reflect premonsoon (March to May) temperature cooling in the western Himalaya during the latter part of the 20th century. A rapid decrease of minimum temperatures at around three times higher rate, as compared to the rate of increase in maximum temperatures found in local climate records is responsible for the cooling trend in mean premonsoon temperature. The increase of the diurnal temperature range is attributed to large scale deforestation and land degradation in the area and shows the higher influence of local forcing factors on climate in contrast to the general trend found in higher latitudes of the northern Hemisphere.

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Global Change, Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Global Change, Climate dynamics, Global Change, Geomorphology and weathering (1824, 1886)
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Geophysical Research Letters
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