Observational evidence of the influence of the Qinghai-Xizang ( Tibet) Plateau on the occurrence of heavy rain and severe convective storms in China.

Abstract

The advance and distribution of the belts of rainfall and of heavy rainfall in China are closely related to sudden seasonal changes in the general circulation over E Asia, but the latter, to a great extent, may be the result of thermal and dynamic forcing by the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau. -from Authors