Icecoreδ18OrecordefromtheNo.aglacierattheheadoftheUrumqiRiverwereusedocharacterizetherelationshipbetweenδ18Oandcontemporaneoussurfaceairtemperature(Ta)nearbytheDaxigouMeteorologicalStation(3539mabovesealevel,-2kmawayfromtheicecoredrillingsite),Althoughtheicecorerecordsofannuallyaveragedδ18Oarepositivelycorrelatedwithconemporaneoussurfaceairtemperature,especiallysummerairtemperature,thecorrelationislesssignificantthanthatfortheprecipitationsamplesduetodepositionalandpost-depositionalmodificationprocesses,However,theClimatologicalsignificanceoftheicecorδ18Orecordscanbestillpreservedtoacertaindegree,whichmoghtextendtheapplicationofhighaltitudeandsub-tropicalicecoreδ18Orecordstopaleoclimatereconstruction.
