Time-space characteristics of diurnal rainfall over Borneo and surrounding oceans as observed by TRMM-PR

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1238-1260

  Ichikawa, Hiroki ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; TROPICS;

CIRCULATION PATTERN; DIURNAL CYCLE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION PRECIPITATION RADAR DATA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33646348712     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3714.1     Document Type: Article

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