Dry intrusions following eastward-propagating synoptic-scale cloud systems over Sumatera Island

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-294

  Murata, Fumie ^a   Yamanaka, Manabu D ^b,c   Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki ^d   Mori, Shuichi ^c   Kudsy, Mahally ^e   Sribimawati, Tien ^e   Suhardi, Budi ^f   Emrizal, ^f  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (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

CLOUD COVER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WESTERLY;

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

EID: 33745188687     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84.277     Document Type: Article

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