Formation and maintenance processes of a stationary band-shaped heavy rainfall observed in Niigata on 4 August 1998

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 899-924

  Kato, Teruyuki ^a   Goda, Harutoshi ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 23044529799     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.79.899     Document Type: Article

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