Interaction of secondary circulations with the summer monsoon and diurnal rainfall over Hong Kong

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-146

  Wai, Mickey M K ^a   Welsh, Patrick T ^b   Ma, W M ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA National Weather Service Jacksonville   (United States)

^c Royal Observatory   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIURNAL; LAND/SEA BREEZE; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA, HONG KONG;

EID: 0030404295     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00119062     Document Type: Article

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