Rainfall characteristics of tropical rain forest and temperate forest: Comparison between Bukit Tarek in Peninsular Malaysia and Hitachi Ohta in Japan

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 206-220

  Noguchi, Shoji ^a   Nik, Abdul Rahim ^b   Sammori, Toshiaki ^a   Tani, Makoto ^a   Tsuboyama, Yoshio ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle; Duration; Rainfall characteristics; Rainfall intensity; Seasonal variation; Totals; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; STORMS;

DIURNAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

FORESTRY;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICS;

JAPAN, HONSHU, HITACHI OHTA; MALAYSIA, BUKIT TAREK;

EID: 0030374692     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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