Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinent
While precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau is a vital resource for glacier mass balance, river runoff and local ecology, the controlling mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, the authors combine observations and simulations and show that convective storms over India sweep moisture up and over th...
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Main Authors: |
Wenhao Dong,
Yanluan Lin,
Jonathon S. Wright,
Yi Ming,
Yuanyu Xie,
Bin Wang,
Yong Luo,
Wenyu Huang,
Jianbin Huang,
Lei Wang,
Lide Tian,
Yiran Peng,
Fanghua Xu |
Format: | Article
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Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10925
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