Temperature lapse rate in complex mountain terrain on the southern slope of the central Himalayas

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 671-682

  Kattel, D B ^a,b   Yao, T ^a   Yang, K ^a   Tian, L ^a   Yang, G ^a   Joswiak, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COLD AIR; COMPLEX TERRAIN; COOLING; HEATING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84880779463     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0816-6     Document Type: Article

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