Seasonal and secular variations of sunshine duration and natural seasons in Japan

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1219-1234

  Inoue, Tomoshige ^a   Matsumoto, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate variations; East Asian monsoon; Japan; Natural seasons; Seasonal transitions; Sunshine duration

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; RAIN;

MONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECULAR VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0041924040     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.933     Document Type: Article

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