Precipitation over the tibetan plateau during recent decades: A review based on observations and simulations

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1116-1131

  Wang, Xuejia ^a   Pang, Guojin ^a   Yang, Meixue ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Observations; Precipitation; Simulations; Tibetan Plateau; Variation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REMOTE SENSING; WETTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA; SIMULATIONS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VARIATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 85051434560     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.5246     Document Type: Review

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