Verification of the MRI-nonhydrostatic-model predicted rainfall during the 1996 Baiu season

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 719-735

  Kato, Teruyuki ^a   Kurihara, Kazuo ^a,b   Seko, Hiromu ^a   Saito, Kazuo ^a   Goda, Harutoshi ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0039572181     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.5_719     Document Type: Article

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