Seasonal variations of precipitation properties associated with the monsoon over Palau in the western Pacific

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 518-531

  Kubota, Hisayuki ^a   Shirooka, Ryuichi ^a   Ushiyama, Tomoki ^a   Chuda, Takashi ^a   Iwasaki, Suginori ^a   Takeuchi, Kensuke ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MONSOON; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU; WORLD;

EID: 26444533547     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM432.1     Document Type: Article

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