Diurnal variations of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau in relation to orographically-induced regional circulations

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Xiaodong ^a,b   Bai, Aijuan ^a   Liu, Changhai ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle; Tibetan Plateau; Warm season precipitation

Indexed keywords

RAIN GAGES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; HARMONIC AMPLITUDE; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

RAIN;

EID: 76149096686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045203     Document Type: Article

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