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| Titel |
Insignificant Effect of Tibetan Plateau on ITCZ Climatology |
| VerfasserIn |
Xingchen Shen, Haijun Yang |
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EGU General Assembly 2017
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
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In: GRA - Volume 19 (2017) |
| Datensatznummer |
250141956
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2017-5520.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| In my study, the effect of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) on the Intertropical Convergence
Zone(ITCZ) is investigated using a coupled climate model. Removing the TP does not cause
significant changes in the mean location and intensity of ITCZ. Specifically, the cross-equator
atmosphere heat transport does not alter much with/without the TP, and thus the energy
balance between the two hemispheres does not have to adjust by displacing the ITCZ. The
Hadley cell is only slightly weakened in summer and nearly unchanged in winter without the
TP, which eventually does not affect the ITCZ intensity. The ITCZ climatology is also
not affected much even when a slab global land topography is used in the model. |
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