Northward shift in circulation system over the Asian mid-latitudes linked to an increasing heating anomaly over the northern Tibetan Plateau during the past two decades

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 834-848

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Tang, Qun ^a   Chen, Haishan ^a   Liu, Shimeng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

eddy shift; latent heat of condensation; northward shift; thermodynamic and dynamical effects; TP heating

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONDENSATION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; LAKES; LATENT HEAT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC BAROCLINICITY; DYNAMICAL EFFECTS; EDDY SHIFT; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; NORTHWARD SHIFT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONDENSATION; EDDY; GEOPOTENTIAL; HEATING; LA NINA; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; LAKE BAIKAL; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 85011373231     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4743     Document Type: Article

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