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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| author | 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 |
| author_facet | 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 |
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| description | 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 the plateau. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8012e4602f874fc0a86da4a543c0ce4a2022-12-21T23:38:45ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-03-01711910.1038/ncomms10925Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinentWenhao Dong0Yanluan Lin1Jonathon S. Wright2Yi Ming3Yuanyu Xie4Bin Wang5Yong Luo6Wenyu Huang7Jianbin Huang8Lei Wang9Lide Tian10Yiran Peng11Fanghua Xu12Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaGeophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton/NOAAMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaKey Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth SciencesKey Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth SciencesMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, and Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Tsinghua University, Room S813, MengMinwei Science Building, Qinghuayuan 1, Beijing 100084, ChinaWhile 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 the plateau.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10925 |
| spellingShingle | 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 Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinent Nature Communications |
| title | Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinent |
| title_full | Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinent |
| title_fullStr | Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinent |
| title_full_unstemmed | Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinent |
| title_short | Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinent |
| title_sort | summer rainfall over the southwestern tibetan plateau controlled by deep convection over the indian subcontinent |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10925 |
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