Modeling the climate effects of different subregional uplifts within the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau on Asian summer monsoon evolution

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 4617-4626

  Zhang, Ran ^a   Jiang, DaBang ^a,b   Liu, XiaoDong ^c   Tian, ZhiPing ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Himalaya Tibetan Plateau; numerical simulation; tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871228409     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5284-y     Document Type: Article

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