Diurnal variation of water vapor over the central Tibetan plateau during summer

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 79, Issue 1 SPEC. ISSUE, 2001, Pages 401-418

  Kuwagata, By Tsuneo ^a   Numaguti, Atusi ^b   Endo, Nobuhiko ^c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

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EID: 23044527778     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.79.401     Document Type: Article

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