Hydrologic Processes Associated with the First Transition of the Asian Summer Monsoon: A Pilot Satellite Study

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1871-1882

  Lau, K M ^a   Wu, H T ^a,b   Yang, S ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA;

EID: 0032466491     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<1871:HPAWTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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