Precipitable water conversion rates over the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau: Changing characteristics with global warming

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1509-1516

  Wang, Chenghai ^a   Guo, Yipeng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Precipitable water; Precipitable water conversion rates; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION RATES; EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTHERN REGIONS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; REANALYSIS; RISING TEMPERATURES; SOUTH ASIA; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WET AND DRY; WET REGION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

GLOBAL WARMING; MONSOON; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84860524022     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8246     Document Type: Article

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