The role of cloud height and warming in the decadal weakening of atmospheric heat source over the Tibetan Plateau

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 395-403

  Wu, Hui ^a,b   Yang, Kun ^a   Niu, XiaoLei ^a   Chen, YingYing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

cloud cover; heat source; radiative cooling; Tibetan Plateau; trend

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GREENHOUSE GASES; RADIATIVE COOLING; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CLOUD COVER; HEAT SOURCES; LOW-LEVEL CLOUD COVERS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TREND;

RADIATION;

EID: 84925462972     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: 18691897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-4973-6     Document Type: Article

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