Evolution process and precipitation particles of an isolated echo observed with dual-polarization Doppler radar near Sapporo on July 9, 1992

Journal of the Hokkaido University, Faculty of Science, Series VII: Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-153

  Takahashi, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^a   Kikuchi, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kansai Advanced Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CONVECTION; DEVELOPMENT STAGE; DOPPLER RADAR; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION PARTICLE; RAINDROP SIZE;

JAPAN, HOKKAIDO, SAPPORO;

EID: 0030450683     PISSN: 0441067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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