Air Temperature Change in the Southern Tarim River Basin, China, 1964–2011

Table 4

Correlation analysis of ST and UT.

Regression equation
Station	Kashi	𝑅^2	Ruoqiang	𝑅^2	Hotan	𝑅^2
ST & T850	𝑦1=0.69𝑥+4.59^a	0.66	𝑦1=0.84𝑥+2.44^a	0.57	𝑦1=0.87𝑥+1.70^a	0.23
ST & T700	𝑦2=0.45𝑥−2.57^a	0.37	𝑦2=0.53𝑥−3.28^a	0.29	𝑦2=0.47𝑥−2.20^a	0.28
ST & T300	𝑦3=−0.12𝑥−41.37	0.02	𝑦3=−0.02𝑥−42.04	0.00	𝑦3=−0.37𝑥−35.63^b	0.07

Note: 𝑥-ST, 𝑦₁-T850, 𝑦₂-T700, 𝑦₃-T300; ^acorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level; ^bcorrelation is significant at the 0.1 level.