Evaluation of ERA-Interim Air Temperature Data over the Qilian Mountains of China

Table 1

Meteorological station information.

No.	Site name	Latitude (°)	Longitude (°)	Elevation (m)	HERA (m)	HERA − Obs (m)
1	Dun Huang	40.13	94.78	1100	1508	408
2	An Xi	40.50	95.92	1182	1668	486
3	Yu Menzhen	40.27	97.18	1580	1869	289
4	Jin Ta	40.00	98.90	1270	1631	360
5	Jiu Quan	39.67	98.72	1470	1981	511
6	Gao Tai	39.38	99.72	1357	2225	868
7	Zhang Ye	38.92	100.58	1550	2074	524
8	Shan Dan	38.78	101.08	1760	2168	409
9	Yong Chang	38.23	101.97	1987	2277	291
10	Wu Wei	38.08	102.92	1525	1940	415
11	Wu Shaoling	37.20	102.87	3045	2604	-441
12	Jing Tai	37.23	104.18	1620	1761	141
13	Gao Lan	36.55	103.67	2032	2146	114
14	Leng Hu	38.75	93.58	2762	2941	179
15	Tuo Le	38.87	98.37	3460	3936	476
16	Ye Niugou	38.62	99.35	3200	3649	449
17	Qi Lian	38.18	100.30	2800	3346	546
18	Da Chaidan	37.83	95.28	3000	3364	364
19	De Lingha	37.25	97.13	2762	3469	708
20	Gang Cha	37.33	100.17	3100	3556	456
21	Men Yuan	37.45	101.62	2800	3309	509
22	Lin Xia	35.62	103.18	1900	2579	679
23	Xi Ning	36.58	101.92	2231	2916	685
24	Min He	36.23	102.93	1900	2412	512

Note: H_ERA is the ERA-Interim grid point height (m).