Comparisons of the thermal effects of the Tibetan Plateau with NCEP-I and ERA-40 reanalysis data

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-87

  Zhong, Shanshan ^a   Wu, Zhiwei ^a   He, Jinhai ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent heat source; Reanalysis data; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84879388866     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2012.755668     Document Type: Article

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