SPATIAL GENERALIZATION OF CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS IN MOUNTAIN AREAS
The adequate method of climate dynamics spatial generalization is developed. By the example of Gorny Altai, it is shown that relative variations of surface air temperature and precipitation expressed in percent of the average long-term values have a uniform time dynamics within the whole region under study. The method allows restoration of gaps in long-term series of climate observations with better accuracy than in the case of substituting the missed data by the average long-term values. The universal criterion is proposed to evaluate the adequacy of such series restoration.