Transition of the rainfall characteristics related to the moistening of the land surface over the central Tibetan Plateau during the summer of 1998

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3230-3247

  Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SOILS; SOLAR HEATING; VEGETATION;

INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE;

RAIN;

DIURNAL VARIATION; EVAPORATION; LAND SURFACE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33750301703     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3235.1     Document Type: Article

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