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Fig. 4.
Monthly mean
Q
1
distribution in horizontal over the QTP (Units: W/m
2
).
than the eastern heat source. At this time, the QTP heat source is being
the strongest in the months. In July (figure omitted), concurrently with
the weakening of the source to the north of the Bay, the QTP 200 W/m
2
isoline begins a southward withdrawal. As August arrives, concurrently
with the southward retreat of the 200 W/m
2
contour, a break occurs to
the heat source at the border between the Himalayas and the North and
South (Hengduan) ranges. In September (figure omitted), in pace with the
southward contraction of the Indo-China heat source, the counterpart of the
western QTP begins to weaken swiftly, leading to the 100 W/m
2
contour
Northeast-Southwest directed, implying the eastern heat source stronger
than the western one of the QTP, with the cores located, respectively, in
the western Sichuan Basin and around the eastern Himalayas. As October
