Synoptic conditions causing nonmonsoon snowfalls in the Tibetan Plateau

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Ueno, Kenichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; NONMONSOON SNOWFALLS; SURFACE MEASUREMENTS;

SNOW;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

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

EID: 16344367437     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021421     Document Type: Article

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