Regional climate simulation of the 1998 summer flood over East Asia

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1735-1753

  Lee, Dong Kyou ^a   Cha, Dong Hyun ^a   Kang, Hyun Suk ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; FLOOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEVERE WEATHER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 13844275387     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.82.1735     Document Type: Article

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