Large-scale circulation classification and its links to observed precipitation in the eastern and central Tibetan Plateau

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2016, Pages 3481-3497

  Liu, Wenbin ^a   Wang, Lei ^b,c   Chen, Deliang ^d   Tu, Kai ^e   Ruan, Chengqing ^e   Hu, Zengyun ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^f XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Circulation classification; Climate change; ENSO; Precipitation; Self organizing maps; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84938703143     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2782-z     Document Type: Article

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