The relationship between Indian monsoon precipitation along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway and differences in sensible heat flux

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-386

  Wen, Linke ^a   Yao, T ^b   Li, D ^a   Tian, L ^b   Ma, W ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Indian monsoon; Precipitation; Sensible heat flux; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MONSOON; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FIELD METHOD; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 33846656699     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6241     Document Type: Article

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