Impact of the anomalous thawing in the Tibetan Plateau on summer precipitation in China and its mechanism

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-245

  Gao, Rong ^a,b,d   Wei, Zhigang ^b   Dong, Wenjie ^a,c   Zhong, Hailing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Summer precipitation; Thawing of frozen soil; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944411741     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02918513     Document Type: Article

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