Analytical and numerical study of the 26 June 1998 orographic rainband observed in Western Kyushu, Japan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 835-856

  Yoshizaki, Masanori ^a,d   Kato, Teruyuki ^a   Tanaka, Yoshinobu ^a   Takayama, Hajime ^a   Shoji, Yoshinori ^a   Seko, Hiromu ^a   Arao, Kimio ^b   Manabe, Kazuo ^c   Saito, Kazuo ^e   Eito, Hisaki ^e   Nakamura, Hajime ^e   Fujiyoshi, Yasushi ^e   Kawashima, Masayuki ^e   Ooi, Masayuki ^e   Fukushi, Hiroki ^e   Matsushima, T ^e   Tanaka, M ^e  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e NONE

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EID: 0039030581     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.78.6_835     Document Type: Article

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