The organization of convection in a Mei-yu frontal rainband

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-572

  Jou, Ben Jong Dao ^a   Deng, Shiung Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convection organization; Frontal rainband; Low level jet; Scale interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040041805     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1998.9.4.553(A)     Document Type: Article

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