Convective activities associated with intraseasonal variation over Sumatera, Indonesia, observed with the equatorial atmosphere radar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3899-3916

  Seto, T H ^a   Yamamoto, M K ^a   Hashiguchi, H ^a   Fukao, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (convective processes; precipitation; tropical meteorology)

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WORLD;

EID: 11844255785     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3899-2004     Document Type: Article

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