Research on water-vapor distribution in the air over Qilian Mountains

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-118

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Sun, Guowu ^a   Di, Xiaohong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b Lanzhou Central Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric water vapor; Cloud motion wind; Qilian Mountains; Satellite remote sensing data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER STATION; WESTERLY; WIND DIRECTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 45749109024     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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