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Effects of the Tibetan Plateau (Qinghai-Xizang) on the Monsoon

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Monsoons over China

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The Tibetan Plateau is one of the most complex geographical features in the world, with an average elevation of about 4 km. Thus, it not only exerts a significant mechanical barrier effect, but also serves as an elevated heat source that generates a temperature contrast with the surrounding free atmosphere. These two important effects of the Tibetan Plateau to a great extent determine the monsoon circulation over South and East Asia, with the mechanical barrier effect mainly affecting the Asiatic winter monsoon circulation and the thermal effect mainly controlling the summer monsoon over Asia.

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Yihui, D. (1994). Effects of the Tibetan Plateau (Qinghai-Xizang) on the Monsoon. In: Monsoons over China. Atmospheric Sciences Library, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8302-2_5

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