Influence of the Tibetan Plateau on the summer climate patterns over Asia in the IAP/LASG SAMIL model

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 518-528

  Duan, Anmin ^a   Wu, Guoxiong ^a   Liang, Xiaoyun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Climate pattern; Numerical simulation; Thermal forcing; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449128846     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0518-2     Document Type: Article

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