Thermal adaptation of the large-scale circulation to the summer heating over the Tibetan Plateau

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-214

  Liu, Xin ^a   Wu, Guoxiong ^a   Li, Weiping ^a   Liu, Yimin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Diabatic heating; Potential vorticity; Thermal adaptation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

HEATING; VORTICITY;

DIABATIC HEATING; ERTEL POTENTIAL VORTICITY; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; NEGATIVE POTENTIAL; PLATEAU REGION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; THERMAL ADAPTATION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VORTICITY EQUATION; VORTICITY FLUX;

SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS;

EID: 21444453129     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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