Diurnal mountain wind systems

D Zardi, CD Whiteman - … research and forecasting: Recent progress and …, 2012 - Springer
Diurnal mountain wind systems are local thermally driven wind systems that form over
mountainous terrain and are produced by the buoyancy effects associated with the diurnal …

Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region

T Bolch, JM Shea, S Liu, FM Azam, Y Gao… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice
caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush …

Atmospheric moisture transport versus precipitation across the Tibetan Plateau: A mini-review and current challenges

Y Ma, M Lu, H Chen, M Pan, Y Hong - Atmospheric Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP), being an average of surpassing 4000 m above sea level
and around 2.5× 10 6 km 2, is the highest and largest plateau in the world and also called as …

Regional, seasonal, and diurnal variations of extreme convection in the South Asian region

U Romatschke, S Medina, RA Houze Jr - Journal of climate, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Temporal and spatial variations of convection in South Asia are analyzed using eight years
of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) data and NCEP …

Characteristics of precipitating convective systems in the South Asian monsoon

U Romatschke, RA Houze Jr - Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Eight years of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar
(PR) data show how convective systems of different types contribute to precipitation of the …

Spatiotemporal variation of rainfall over the central Himalayan region revealed by TRMM Precipitation Radar

D Shrestha, P Singh… - Journal of geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The rainfall‐elevation relationship in the central Himalayan region (CHR) for pre‐monsoon
and monsoon seasons is analyzed utilizing the 11‐year (1998–2008) high‐spatial …

Quantifying the added value of convection-permitting climate simulations in complex terrain: a systematic evaluation of WRF over the Himalayas

R Karki, L Gerlitz, U Schickhoff, T Scholten… - Earth System …, 2017 - esd.copernicus.org
Mesoscale dynamical refinements of global climate models or atmospheric reanalysis have
shown their potential to resolve intricate atmospheric processes, their land surface …

Land–sea contrast of diurnal cycle characteristics and rain event propagations over Sumatra according to different rain duration and seasons

M Marzuki, H Yusnaini, F Tangang, R Muharsyah… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated fundamental issues on diurnal cycle variations over Sumatra,
especially concerning land-sea contrasts and rain event propagations according to …

Intercomparison of Deep Convection over the Tibetan Plateau–Asian Monsoon Region and Subtropical North America in Boreal Summer Using CloudSat …

Y Luo, R Zhang, W Qian, Z Luo, X Hu - Journal of Climate, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
Deep convection in the Tibetan Plateau–southern Asian monsoon region (TP–SAMR) is
analyzed using CloudSat and Cloud–Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite …

Precipitation characteristics over the steep slope of the Himalayas in rainy season observed by TRMM PR and VIRS

Y Fu, X Pan, T **an, G Liu, L Zhong, Q Liu, R Li… - Climate Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Characteristics of the precipitation in rainy season over the steep Himalayas and adjacent
regions, including four selected sectors of the flat Gangetic Plains (FGP), foothills of the …