Diurnal cycle of cloud system migration over Sumatera Island

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 835-850

  Sakurai, Namiko ^a   Murata, Fumie ^b   Yamanaka, Manabu D ^a,c   Mori, Shuichi ^c   Hamada, Jun Ichi ^c   Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki ^d   Tauhid, Yudi Iman ^e   Sribimawati, Tien ^e   Suhardi, Budi ^f  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research Institute for Hum Nature   (Japan)

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

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

^f Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DIURNAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTH SUMATRA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 29144499522     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.835     Document Type: Article

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