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Research article
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19 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 19 Oct 2020
| 19 Oct 2020
Possible mechanisms of summer cirrus clouds over the Tibetan Plateau
Feng Zhang
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of
Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Innovation Center of Ocean and Atmosphere System, Zhuhai Fudan
Innovation Research Institute, Zhuhai, China
Qiu-Run Yu
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University,
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Jia-Li Mao
Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education,
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Chen Dan
Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education,
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Yanyu Wang
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and
Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Qianshan He
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Shanghai Meteorological Service, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai, China
Tiantao Cheng
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of
Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Chunhong Chen
Shanghai Meteorological Service, Shanghai, China
Dongwei Liu
Shanghai Meteorological Service, Shanghai, China
Yanping Gao
Shanxi Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Taiyuan, China
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Short summary
In this work, we make the three main contributions. (1) We reveal the remarkable differences in the geographical distributions of cirrus over the Tibetan Plateau regarding the cloud top height. (2) The orography, gravity wave, and deep convection determine the formation of cirrus with a cloud top below 9, at 9–12, and above 12 km, respectively. (3) It is the first time the contributions of the Tibetan Plateau to the presence of cirrus on a regional scale are discussed.
In this work, we make the three main contributions. (1) We reveal the remarkable differences in...
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