The daytime evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer and convection over the Tibetan Plateau: Observations and simulations

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1777-1792

  Yang, Kun ^a   Koike, Toshio ^a   Fujii, Hideyuki ^a   Tamura, Toru ^a   Xu, Xiangde ^b   Bian, Lingen ^b   Zhou, Mingyu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL FORECASTING CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DRY SEASON; ENERGY BUDGET; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 13844298695     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.82.1777     Document Type: Article

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