Multiscale aspects of convective systems associated with an intraseasonal oscillation over the Indonesian Maritime Continent

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1682-1696

  Shibagaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Shimomai, Toyoshi ^b   Kozu, Toshiaki ^b   Mori, Shuichi ^c   Fujiyoshi, Yasushi ^d,g   Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki ^e   Yamamoto, Masayuki K ^e   Fukao, Shoichiro ^e   Yamanaka, Manabu D ^c,f  

^a OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADAR; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; MULTISCALE ASPECTS; OROGRAPHIC CLOUD SYSTEM;

METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 33646447061     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3152.1     Document Type: Article

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