Numerical simulation of tibetan plateau heating anomaly influence on westerly jet in spring

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1599-1607

  Li, Xinzhou ^a,b   Liu, Xiaodong ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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

Author keywords

Heat source anomaly; Numerical simulation; Tibetan plateau; Westerly jet

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; HEAT SOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPRING (SEASON); WESTERLY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84951149119     PISSN: 23474327     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-015-0630-5     Document Type: Article

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