Distinct impacts of the Mongolian and Tibetan Plateaus on the evolution of the East Asian monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4764-4782

  Sha, Yingying ^a,b   Shi, Zhengguo ^a,c,d   Liu, Xiaodong ^a,c   An, Zhisheng ^a,d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ALTITUDE; ARIDITY; BYPASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; JET STREAM; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPLIFT; WIND DIRECTION;

CHINA; INDIA; MONGOLIAN PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84932198720     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022880     Document Type: Article

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