Study on diurnal sea surface warming and a local atmospheric circulation over Mutsu Bay

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 725-744

  Kawai, Yoshimi ^a,c   Otsuka, Kiyotoshi ^b   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBAYASHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AOMORI; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MUTSU BAY; TOHOKU;

EID: 33750291393     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84.725     Document Type: Article

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