Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1149-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1149-2022
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24 Jan 2022
Research article |  | 24 Jan 2022

A vertical transport window of water vapor in the troposphere over the Tibetan Plateau with implications for global climate change

Xiangde Xu, Chan Sun, Deliang Chen, Tianliang Zhao, Jianjun Xu, Shengjun Zhang, Juan Li, Bin Chen, Yang Zhao, Hongxiong Xu, Lili Dong, Xiaoyun Sun, and Yan Zhu

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A vertical transport window of tropospheric vapor exists on the Tibetan Plateau (TP). The TP's thermal forcing drives the vertical transport window of vapor in the troposphere. The effects of the TP's vertical transport window of vapor are of importance in global climate change.
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