Diurnal variation of summer rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau and its neighboring regions revealed by TRMM multi-satellite precipitation analysis

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 704-714

  Bai, Ai Juan ^a,d   Liu, Chang Hai ^c   Liu, Xiao Dong ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Shaanxi Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Analysis of harmonic wave; Diurnal variation; The tibetan plateau; TMPA

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; SUMMER;

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

EID: 49149086067     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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