Characteristics of cloud streets in the Pacific Ocean along the Japanese Islands under winter monsoon conditions

Geographical Review of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-159

  Kawase, Hiroaki ^a   Kimura, Fujio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Froude number; GMS visible image; Thick cloud streets; Topographic effects; Winter monsoon

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLOUD COVER; COLD AIR; CUMULUS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 15744379264     PISSN: 13479555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj.78.147     Document Type: Article

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