Wintertime precipitation behavior in the western Canadian Arctic region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D11, 2000, Pages 14927-14939

  Asuma, Yoshio ^a   Inoue, Yusuke ^a   Kikuchi, Katsuhiro ^a   Kajikawa, Masahiro ^b   Sato, Noboru ^c   Hayasaka, Tadahiro ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sci Educ Inst of Osaka Prefecture   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WINTER;

CANADA;

EID: 0033785867     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901124     Document Type: Article

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