A diagnostic analysis of the impact of complex terrain in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China, on a severe storm

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 699-707

  Chen, Jing ^a   Li, Chuan ^b   He, Guangbi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM; TERRAIN; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN; YELLOW RIVER;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 36448930102     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-500)[CHEN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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