Table 5 Results of the linear trends b (°C/a) and Spearman’s correlation coefficients (SCC) between wind speed and air temperature at Tsetang, Lhasa, Nyêmo and stations_averaged during 1960–2015 (P1, P2, and P3).

From: Inter- and intra-annual wind speed variabilities in wide valley regions of the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, China

Station

Period

Annual

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

b (°C /a)

SCC

b (°C /a

SCC

b (°C /a)

SCC

b (°C /a)

SCC

b (°C/a)

SCC

Tsetang

1960–2015

0.030

− 0.68

0.022

− 0.36

0.031

− 0.53

0.031

− 0.64

0.036

− 0.44

Lhasa

1960–2015

0.049

− 0.56

0.043

− 0.39

0.044

0.26

0.027

− 0.33

0.060

− 0.54

Nyêmo

1974–2015

0.027

− 0.43

0.029

− 0.28

0.029

0.07

0.016

− 0.11

0.035

− 0.29

Station_averaged

1960–2015

0.027

− 0.44

0.021

− 0.43

0.028

− 0.39

0.027

− 0.67

0.031

− 0.49

P1

0.011

− 0.10

0.005

0.16

0.002

− 0.02

0.008

− 0.39

0.029

0.63

P2

0.047

− 0.78

0.038

− 0.35

0.035

− 0.26

0.043

− 0.69

0.072

− 0.63

P3

− 0.102

− 0.73

− 0.149

− 0.47

− 0.017

− 0.18

− 0.126

− 0.62

− 0.113

− 0.87

  1. Values in italic and bold and in bold represent the correlation coefficient were statistically significant at 0.01 and 0.05 confidence level, respectively.