Persistent weakening trend in the spring sensible heat source over the Tibetan Plateau and its impact on the Asian summer monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5671-5682

  Duan, Anmin ^a   Li, Fei ^a   Wang, Meirong ^a   Wu, Guoxiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Interdecadal variability; Trends

Indexed keywords

AIR PUMPS; ASIAN CONTINENT; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; BAY OF BENGAL; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE WARMING; DATA SETS; HIGH LATITUDES; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; NORTHEASTERN INDIA; SENSIBLE HEAT; SHARP INCREASE; SPATIAL NONUNIFORMITY; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRENDS;

CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 80755130487     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00052.1     Document Type: Article

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