Influences of the Atlantic Ocean on the summer precipitation of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3534-3544

  Ya, Gao ^a,b,c   Huijun, Wang ^a,c   Shuanglin, Li ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY;

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH REANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; ROSSBY WAVE RESPONSE; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

RAIN;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84881092676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50290     Document Type: Article

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