Ozone and Aerosols in the Tibetan Plateau Atmosphere during Asian Summer Monsoon : Balloon-Borne Measurements

  • Y. Iwasaka (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Y.S. (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Univ) ;
  • G.Y. Shi (Instit. of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Scienc) ;
  • K. Kawahira (Faculty of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural Univ) ;
  • T. Shibata (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya Univ) ;
  • D. Zhang (Faculty of Environm. and Symbiotic Sci., Pref. Univ) ;
  • T. Ohashi (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Univ) ;
  • K. Tamura (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Univ) ;
  • Y.B. Bai (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Univ.)
  • Published : 2002.04.01

Abstract

Active upwelling air motion in every summer over the Tibetan plateau is an essential process controlling activities of asian summer monsoon which affects water cycle and precipitation in eastern Asia. Large heating rate of surface air on the high plateau with average height of 4000m is considered to cause such large scale upwelling over the plateau. (omitted)

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