Orographic controls on climate and paleoclimate of asia: Thermal and mechanical roles for the tibetan plateau

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue , 2010, Pages 77-102

  Molnar, Peter ^a   Boos, William R ^b   Battisti, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; Climate tectonics interaction; East Asian monsoon; Geodynamics; South Asian monsoon

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CENOZOIC; DRY AIR; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATES; SUBTROPICAL JET; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GEODYNAMICS; HEATING; TECTONICS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

GEODYNAMICS; JET STREAM; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PALEOCLIMATE;

ASIA;

EID: 77953027275     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152456     Document Type: Article

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