Meso-β to -γ-scale wind circulations associated with precipitating clouds near Baiu front observed by the MU and meteorological radars

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-91

  Shibagaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Yamanaka, Manabu D ^b,e   Shimizu, Shuji ^c,f   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^c   Watanabe, Akira ^d   Maekawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Fukao, Shoichiro ^b  

^a OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0039600592     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.78.1_69     Document Type: Article

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