Weakening trend in the atmospheric heat source over the Tibetan Plateau during recent decades Part 1: Observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3149-3164

  Duan, Anmin ^a   Wu, Guoxiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR COLUMNS; ATMOSPHERIC HEATING; GLOBAL-CIRCULATION; IN-SITU; METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS; RADIATIVE COOLING; SENSIBLE HEATS; SURFACE WIND SPEED; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TROPOSPHERE WARMING;

ATMOSPHERICS;

HEAT SOURCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WARMING; WIND VELOCITY;

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

EID: 48749119820     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1912.1     Document Type: Article

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