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Triggering effects of large topography and boundary layer turbulence on convection over the Tibetan Plateau
Xiangde Xu
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of
Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
Yi Tang
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of
Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences,
Wuhan, China
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of
Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
Hongshen Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
Ruixia Liu
CMA Earth System Modeling and Prediction Centre (CEMC), China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
Mingyu Zhou
National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, Beijing, China
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The vertical motion over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is associated with the anomalous convective activities. The diurnal variations and formation mechanisms of low clouds over the TP, Rocky Mountains and low-elevation regions are analyzed. We further discuss whether there exists a
high-efficiencytriggering mechanism for convection over the TP and whether there is an association among low air density and strong turbulence and ubiquitous popcorn-like cumulus clouds.
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