The influence of sensible heat on monsoon precipitation in central and eastern Tibet

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 452-462

  Wen, Linke ^a,b   Cui, Peng ^a,b   Li, Yong ^a,b   Wang, Chunzhen ^a,b   Liu, Yinghui ^a,c   Chen, Ningshen ^a,b   Su, Fenghuan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Monsoon precipitation; Sensible heat; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; SENSIBLE HEAT; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EIGENVALUE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WEATHER STATION;

CHINA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 78649707160     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.181     Document Type: Article

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