An important mechanism sustaining the atmospheric "water tower" over the Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11287-11295

  Xu, X ^a   Zhao, T ^b   Lu, C ^c   Guo, Y ^a   Chen, B ^a   Liu, R ^d   Li, Y ^e   Shi, X ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

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

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

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EID: 84908689038     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-11287-2014     Document Type: Article

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