Thermal difference between the Tibetan Plateau and the plain east of Plateau and its influence on rainfall over China in the summer

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1437-1444

  Zhu, Yan Feng ^a   Zhang, Bo ^b   Chen, Long Xun ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Inter decadal change of rainfall; Plain; Summer season; Thermal difference; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952263075     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0613-5     Document Type: Article

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