Sensible Heating over the Tibetan Plateau Linked to the Onset of Asian Monsoon

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 350-356

  Li, Xu ^a,b,c   Hui, Gao ^b   Yue Qing, Li ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; onset; Sensible heat

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND SHEAR;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79959990223     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2009.11446833     Document Type: Article

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