Overview of Doppler radar observations of precipitating cloud systems in Sumatera Island during the first CPEA campaign

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 33-56

  Kawashima, Masayuki ^a   Fujiyoshi, Yasushi ^a,b   Ohi, Masayuki ^a   Honda, Tetsuya ^a   Kozu, Toshiaki ^c   Shimomai, Toyoshi ^c   Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOPPLER RADAR; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REFLECTIVITY; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 33748459412     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.33     Document Type: Review

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