Seasonal and diurnal variations of raindrop size distribution in Asian monsoon region

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 195-209

  Kozu, Toshiaki ^a   Reddy, K Krishna ^b   Mori, Shuichi ^b   Thurai, Merhala ^c   Ong, J Teong ^d   Rao, D Narayana ^e   Shimomai, Toyoshi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATIC REGION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GADANKI; INDIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33748452252     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.195     Document Type: Article

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