Spatial patterns of moisture variations across the Tibetan Plateau during the past 700years and their relationship with atmospheric oscillation modes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 728-741

  Wang, Jianglin ^a   Yang, Bao ^a,b   Qin, Chun ^a   Kang, Shuyuan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ENSO; Moisture variability; NAO; PDO; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ENSO; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; NAO; PDO; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT;

MOISTURE;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84896736356     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3715     Document Type: Article

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