An analysis of an extreme rainstorm caused by the interaction of the Tibetan Plateau vortex and the Southwest China vortex from an intensive observation

2015 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolong Cheng ◽  
Yueqing Li ◽  
Li Xu
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Intensive Observation ◽  
Tibetan Plateau Vortex

scholarly journals Condensing Life Substances within the House: The Rice-Boiling Shuhi of Southwest China

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Hsu ◽  
Franz K. Huber ◽  
Caroline S. Weckerle
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Fault Line

AbstractThe Shuhi of Muli County, Sichuan Province, are one of multiple ethnic groups inhabiting the river gorges of the Qinghai-Gansu-Sichuan corridor between the Tibetan plateau and the Chinese lowlands. The Shuhi have grown paddy rice since times immemorial at an unusually high altitude (ca. 2,300 m above sea level). This article aims to explain this conundrum not merely through the ecology (as is common among Tibetan area specialists), but by researching the cultivation and consumption of rice as a historically-evolved cultural practice. According to a recently formulated agro-archaeological hypothesis regarding the macro-region of Eurasia, it is possible to identify two supra-regional culture complexes distinguished by their respective culinary technologies: rice-boiling versus wheat-grinding-and-baking. The hypothesis posits that the fault line between the two supra-regional cultural complexes is precisely along this river gorges corridor. In this article we provide support for this hypothesis arguing that Shuhi ritual and kinship practices have much affinity with those of other rice-boiling peoples in Southeast Asia, whereas certain of their current religious practices are shared with the wheat-grinding Tibetans.

scholarly journals Tibetan Plateau Vortex‐Associated Precipitation and Its Link with the Tibetan Plateau Heating Anomaly

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Lin ◽  
Weidong Guo ◽  
Xiuping Yao ◽  
Jun Du ◽  
Wenkai Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Tibetan Plateau Vortex ◽  
Heating Anomaly

Satellite-based Observational Study of the Tibetan Plateau Vortex: Features of Deep Convective Cloud Tops

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Xuan Shou ◽  
Feng Lu ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
Peng Cui ◽  
Shaowen Shou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Convective Cloud ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Tibetan Plateau Vortex ◽  
Cloud Tops ◽  
Deep Convective Cloud

scholarly journals Atmospheric Water Monitoring by Using Ground-Based GPS during Heavy Rains Produced by TPV and SWV

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoping Li ◽  
Jia Deng
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Heavy Rain ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Chengdu Plain ◽  
Gps Network ◽  
High Impact Weather ◽  
Tibetan Plateau Vortex ◽  
Rain Events ◽  
Short Term Forecasting

The time series of precipitable water (PW) in 30 min intervals has been determined through experimentation and operational application of a ground-based global positioning system (GPS) network in Chengdu Plain, which is used for precise and reliable meteorological research. This study is the first to apply PW to the southwest vortex (SWV) and heavy rain events by using the data from an intensive SWV experiment conducted in summer 2010. The PW derived from the local ground-based GPS network was used in the monitoring and analysis of heavy rain caused by the SWV and the Tibetan Plateau vortex (TPV). Results indicate that an increase in GPS precipitable water (GPS-PW) occurs prior to the development of the TPV and SWV; rainfall occurs mainly during high levels of GPS-PW. The evolution features of GPS-PW in rainfall process caused by different weather systems over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) also differ. These results indicate the reference values for operational applications of GPS-PW data in short-term forecasting and nowcasting of high-impact weather in addition to further investigation of heavy rain caused by the TPV, SWV, and other severe weather systems over the TP.

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