Vertical structure of local fronts observed in Kanto, Japan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 367-391

  Seino, Naoko ^a   Yoshikado, Hiroshi ^b   Kobayashi, Fumiaki ^c   Sato, Junji ^a   Yoshizaki, Masanori ^a   Seko, Hiromu ^a   Kato, Tereyuki ^a   Eito, Hisaki ^a   Fujibe, Fumiaki ^a   Kurihara, Kazuo ^a   Shimamura, Masaru ^a   Nakamura, Hajime ^d   Saito, Kazou ^d   Takano, Isao ^d   Takayama, Hajime ^e   Uekiyo, Naotaka ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Japan Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COLD FRONT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0041345932     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.367     Document Type: Article

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