Impact of Mongolian Plateau versus Tibetan Plateau on the westerly jet over North Pacific Ocean

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 3067-3076

  Shi, Zhengguo ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Liu, Yimin ^b   Sha, Yingying ^a   Xu, Tingting ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Mongolian Plateau; Numerical simulation; Stationary planetary wave; Tibetan Plateau; Westerly jet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939893090     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2217-2     Document Type: Article

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