A numerical study of cloud clusters and a meso-α-scale low associated with a Meiyu front

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-329

  Yamasaki, Masanori ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FRONT;

EID: 24144437765     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.305     Document Type: Article

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