Diurnal Cycles of Cloud Properties and Precipitation Patterns over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau During Summer
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area and Data Description
2.1. Fengyun-4 Satellite Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Product (FY4A-QPE)
2.2. ERA5 Data
2.3. Research Area
3. Methods
4. Results
4.1. Patterns of Precipitation and Cloud
4.2. Thermal Factor Analysis
4.3. Dynamic Factors Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Cao, B.; Yang, X.; Lu, Y.; Wen, J.; Wang, S. Diurnal Cycles of Cloud Properties and Precipitation Patterns over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau During Summer. Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 4059. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16214059
Cao B, Yang X, Lu Y, Wen J, Wang S. Diurnal Cycles of Cloud Properties and Precipitation Patterns over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau During Summer. Remote Sensing. 2024; 16(21):4059. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16214059
Chicago/Turabian StyleCao, Bangjun, Xianyu Yang, Yaqiong Lu, Jun Wen, and Shixin Wang. 2024. "Diurnal Cycles of Cloud Properties and Precipitation Patterns over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau During Summer" Remote Sensing 16, no. 21: 4059. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16214059