Characteristics of mesoscale convective systems over the east part of continental China during the Meiyu from 2001 to 2003

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 763-782

  Zhang, Cheng Zhong ^a   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^a,b   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^b   Geng, Biao ^b   Ni, Yunqi ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Observational Research for Global Change   (Japan)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33750342688     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84.763     Document Type: Article

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