Long-term trends in the diurnal cycles of precipitation frequency in Japan

Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Fujibe, Fumiaki ^a   Yamazaki, Nobuo ^a   Katsuyama, Mitsugi ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 31344450090     PISSN: 0031126X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2467/mripapers.55.13     Document Type: Article

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