Tropical precipitation patterns in response to a local warm SST area placed at the equator of an aqua planet

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-305

  Hosaka, Masahiro ^a   Ishiwatari, Masaki ^b   Takehiro, Shin Ichi ^b   Nakajima, Kensuke ^b   Hayashi, Yoshi Yuki ^b  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039392020     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.2_289     Document Type: Article

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