Recent trends in surface sensible heat flux on the Tibetan Plateau

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-28

  Yang, Kun ^a   Guo, Xiao Feng ^a   Wu, Bing Yi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

atmospheric stability; flux parameterization; heat flux trend; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; EMPIRICAL METHOD; FLUX PARAMETERIZATION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PHYSICAL METHODS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROMETEOROLOGY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78650686446     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4036-6     Document Type: Article

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