Climatology of environmental parameters for mesoscale convections in Japan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-408

  Chuda, Takashi ^a   Niino, Hiroshi ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

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

EID: 24144437191     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.391     Document Type: Article

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