Comparison analysis of the summer monsoon precipitation between northern and southern slopes of Tanggula Mountains, Qingha-Xizang (Tibetan) plateau: A case study in summer 1998

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1841-1847

  Yang, Meixue ^a,b,c   Yao, Tandong ^a,b   Gou, Xiaohua ^d   Wang, Huijun ^c   Hao, Lisheng ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Hengshui Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Comparison analysis; Precipitation feature; Qinghao Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau; Tanggula Mountains

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON ANALYSIS; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LANDFORMS; STATISTICS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICS;

FIELD METHOD; MONSOON; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SLOPE;

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

EID: 34447296415     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6319     Document Type: Article

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