Fig. 2: Observed month-to-month evolution of the local impact of the springtime TPSC deficit.
From: Enduring local impact of springtime snow cover over the Third Pole
The spatial distribution of the monthly difference between the “snow-deficient” years and the “snow-rich” years from March to August for precipitation (a), vertically integrated moisture divergence (b), and geopotential at 200 hPa (c) and 500 hPa (d). e The vertical profile of the regionally-averaged difference over the TP for air temperature. The white contour in c, d marks the TP region with elevations higher than 3000 m. The two numbers given in the top-left area of each subplot in a–d are the weighted averages for the entire TP region and its western part (west to 90 °E), respectively.
