A 12-year high-resolution climatology of atmospheric water transport over the Tibetan Plateau

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-124

  Curio, J ^a   Maussion, F ^a,b   Scherer, D ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD WATER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR; WESTERLY;

CHINA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; KARAKORAM; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84924763774     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-6-109-2015     Document Type: Article

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