Precipitation water stable isotopes in the South Tibetan plateau: Observations and modeling

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3161-3178

  Gao, Jing ^a   Masson Delmotte, V ^b   Yao, T ^c   Tian, L ^c   Risi, C ^d   Hoffmann, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Isotopic analysis; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; CLIMATE VARIABLES; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; SEASONAL SCALE; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIBETANS; WATER ISOTOPE; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IMAGE RESOLUTION;

ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WESTERLY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79960318714     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3736.1     Document Type: Article

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