Mechanism of upper tropospheric warming around the Tibetan Plateau at the onset phase of the Asian summer monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue D2, 2010, Pages

  Tamura, Toru ^a   Taniguchi, Kenji ^b   Koike, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77955607178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011678     Document Type: Article

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