Role of the Qinghai-Xizang plateau in feedback mechanisms affecting the planetary circulation
Abstract
The Qinghai-Xizang plateau is of great importance in generating planetary long waves which, in resonance with similar waves induced by the Rocky Mountains, lead to the familiar pattern of quasi-stationary Rossby waves observed on monthly mean upper level pressure charts. Seasonal forcing of flow patterns also appears to be particularly strong in the Qinghai-Xizang plateau region. The effects of the Qinghai-Xizang plateau on the interannual variability of the atmospheric circulation over Asia are but one important manifestation of a network of feedback mechanisms, ranging from the El Nino problems along the Peruvian coast to droughts in the Sahel region. The mechanisms involved were investigated. Results will lead to successful long range forecasting of weather phenomena.
- Publication:
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- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980rqxp.rept.....R
- Keywords:
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- Air Land Interactions;
- Annual Variations;
- Atmospheric Circulation;
- Climatology;
- Feedback;
- Plateaus;
- Air Currents;
- Climatology;
- Long Range Weather Forecasting;
- Wind (Meteorology);
- Geophysics