Observational study on the initial formation process of the Mei-yu frontal disturbance in the eastern foot of the Tibetan Plateau in middle-late June 1992

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1303-1327

  Takahashi, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; FRONTAL FEATURE; FRONTOGENESIS; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; TROUGH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 1842735846     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.1303     Document Type: Article

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