Multi-scale features of the cold air outbreak over the Japan Sea and the northwestern Pacific

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 745-761

  Ninomiya, Kozo ^a,d   Fujimori, Junzo ^b,e   Akiyama, Takako ^c  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Hachinohe Meteorological Station   (Japan)

^c JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^d Japan Meteorological Research Business Support Center   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

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EID: 0040753777     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.6_745     Document Type: Article

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