Effect of Yunnan-Guizhou topography at the southeastern Tibetan Plateau on the Indian monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1259-1272

  Shi, Zhengguo ^a,b,c   Sha, Yingying ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate models; Climate sensitivity; Monsoons; Orographic effects; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; MONSOONS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; PALEOCLIMATES; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIRFLOW; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TOPOGRAPHY;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YUNNAN-GUIZHOU PLATEAU;

EID: 85012292901     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0105.1     Document Type: Article

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