Cloud system families in the Meiyu-Baiu front observed during 1-10 July 1991

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-209

  Ninomiya, Kozo ^a   Shibagaki, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CLOUD; FRONT; REMOTE SENSING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042347646     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.193     Document Type: Article

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