Diurnal variations of convective activity and rainfall in tropical Asia

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 79, Issue 1 SPEC. ISSUE, 2001, Pages 333-352

  Ohsawa, Teruo ^a   Ueda, Hiromasa ^a   Hayashi, Taiichi ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^b   Matsumoto, Jun ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 23044525834     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.79.333     Document Type: Article

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