Vertical wind characteristics in precipitating cloud systems over west Sumatera, Indonesia, observed with equatorial atmosphere radar: Case study of 23-24 April 2004 during the first CPEA campaign period

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 113-131

  Mori, Shuichi ^a   Hamada, Jun Ichi ^a   Yamanaka, Manabu D ^a,b   Kodama, Yasu Masa ^c   Kawashima, Masayuki ^d   Shimomai, Toyoshi ^e   Shibagaki, Yoshiaki ^f   Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki ^g   Sribimawati, Tien ^h  

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

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; DOPPLER RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATIFORM CLOUD; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WIND PROFILE;

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

EID: 33748465316     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.113     Document Type: Article

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