Diurnal cycle of convective instability around the Central Mountains in Japan during the warm season

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1626-1636

  Sato, Tomonori ^a,b   Kimura, Fujio ^b,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); VAPORS;

CONVECTIVE RAINFALLL; NOCTURNAL PRECIPITATION; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR;

RAIN;

CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL;

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

PASSION FRUIT WOODINESS VIRUS;

EID: 20444508111     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3423.1     Document Type: Article

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