A cyclone over Saudi Arabia on 5 January 2002: A case study

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Chakraborty, Arun ^a,c,e   Mujumdar, M ^a,c,d   Behera, S K ^b   Ohba, R ^c   Yamagata, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^e Global Hydrological Project   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; VORTICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; JEDDAH; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33745411142     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-005-0183-2     Document Type: Article

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