Dynamical influence of the Tibetan Plateau on the winter monsoon over southeastern Asia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Mailler, Sylvain ^a,b,c   Lott, François ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; COLD SURGE; DYNAMICAL COUPLING; INDONESIA; MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA; MARITIME CONTINENT; MIDLATITUDES; MOUNTAIN TORQUES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE PRESSURES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TROPICAL REGIONS; TWO-COMPONENT; WINTER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MONSOON; SURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TORQUE;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 66949119975     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036952     Document Type: Article

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