A study on the Meiyu front using TRMM/PR data during the 1998 GAME/HUBEX

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-298

  Jin, Xin ^a   Li, Wanbiao ^a   Zhu, Yuanjing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Frontal rain; Meiyu front; Radar meteorology; Space borne precipitation radar

Indexed keywords

FRONTAL FEATURE; FRONTOGENESIS; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0142156170     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-003-0015-6     Document Type: Article

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