An investigation of heat source effect of Tibetan Plateau on the wintertime India-Burma Trough

In this study, the heat source effect of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) on the India-Burma Trough (IBT) is investigated with multi-layer soil temperatures. Because the significantly positive correlation between the soil temperatures at 10 cm (Tsoil−10) and the India-Burma Trough intensity index (IBTI) lasts from October to the following February, the Tsoil−10 of TP is selected as the heat source index (HSI). Our composite analysis showed that, when...