Characteristics of plateau-scale precipitation in Tibet estimated by satellite data during 1993 monsoon season

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 533-548

  Ueno, Ken'ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

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EID: 0040583125     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.4_533     Document Type: Article

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