Precipitating clouds observed by 1.3-GHz boundary layer radars in equatorial Indonesia

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 889-897

  Renggono, F ^a   Hashiguchi, H ^b   Fukao, S ^b   Yamanaka, M D ^c,d   Ogino, S Y ^c   Okamoto, N ^c   Murata, F ^c   Sitorus, B P ^a   Kudsy, M ^a   Kartasasmita, M ^e   Ibrahim, G ^f  

^a AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Frontier Observational Rsrch Sys   (Japan)

^e Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Indonesia)

^f Indonesian Meteorol Geophys Agy   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (convective processes; precipitation; tropical meteorology)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035595054     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-889-2001     Document Type: Article

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