National Natural Science Foundation of China (40901050), National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB955903);Scientific Research Fund Project of Yunnan Provincial Department of Education (No. 09Y0284, "Technology Research of Adaptation and Mitigation to Yunnan Climate Change")
Based on daily mean temperature records from 1961 to 2007 at 20 meteorological sites in Southwest Yunnan, and the surface temperature simulated by IPCC AR4 Climate Models, a quantitative examination was undertaken int...