Sensitivity experiments on the orographic snowfall over the mountainous region of northern Japan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 797-813

  Saito, Kazuo ^a   Murakami, Masataka ^a   Matsuo, Takayo ^b   Mizuno, Hakaru ^c  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

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EID: 0039568238     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.6_797     Document Type: Article

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