Vertical moisture transport above the mixed layer around the mountains in western Sumatra

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Sasaki, Taichi ^a   Wu, Peiming ^a   Mori, Shuichi ^a   Hamada, Jun Ichi ^a   Tauhid, Yudi I ^a   Yamanaka, Manabu D ^a,b   Sribimawati, Tien ^c   Yoshikane, Takao ^a   Kimura, Fujio ^a,d  

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

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; MIXING; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND;

DIURNAL CYCLE; MOUNTAINS; RADIO SOUNDINGS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MIXED LAYER; MOUNTAIN; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 3042837534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019730     Document Type: Article

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