Large-scale circulations and Tibetan Plateau summer drought and wetness in a high-resolution climate model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 832-846

  Bothe, Oliver ^a   Fraedrich, Klaus ^a,b   Zhu, Xiuhua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drought; ECHAM5 MPI OM; Precipitation; Standardized precipitation index; Teleconnection; Tibetan Plateau; Wetness

Indexed keywords

ECHAM5/MPI-OM; PRECIPITATION; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; TELECONNECTIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WETNESS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW; TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WESTERLY; WET SEASON;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); INDOCHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79954569234     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2124     Document Type: Article

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