Theory and application for warning and prediction of disastrous weather downstream from the Tibetan Plateau / Xiangde Xu, Xiaohui Shi and Chungu Lu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xu, Xiangde, author.

Shi, Xiaohui, 1972- author.

Lu, Chungu, 1958- author.

Series:

Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental science, engineering and technology

Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood forecasting--Tibetan Plateau.

Flood forecasting.

Flood warning systems--Tibetan Plateau.

Flood warning systems.

Tibetan Plateau--Climate.

Tibetan Plateau.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The dramatic rise of the Tibetan Plateau's land surface exerts a particular thermal and mechanical force on air flows above and surrounding this highland, which gives rise to many unique weather patterns and climate environments. A case in point is the Asian summer monsoon, the largest monsoonal system on Earth. Apart from its special role in the Asian summer monsoon, the Tibetan Plateau also imposes significant influences on global and regional weather and climate systems. This book unravels several aspects of land-water-atmosphere interaction over the plateau, and describes most recent advances in scientific research and technological developments related to the Tibetan Plateau. (Imprint: Novinka)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [101]-111) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62100-556-9