Mesoscale characteristics and structures of stratiform precipitation on the Tibetan plateau

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 79, Issue 1 SPEC. ISSUE, 2001, Pages 435-461

  Shimizu, Shuji ^a   Ueno, Ken'ichi ^b   Fujii, Hideyuki ^c,g   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^d,h   Shirooka, Ryuichi ^e,i   Liu, Liping ^f  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^f Lanzhou Institute of Plateau Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences   (Japan)

^g JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^h Frontier Observational Research System for Global Change   (Japan)

ⁱ STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

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EID: 24944446391     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.79.435     Document Type: Article

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