Relationship between the intensity of convective rainfall in central Tokyo and the distribution of surface temperature and wind systems over the Kanto Plain in summer

Geographical Review of Japan

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-86

  Sawada, Yasunori ^a   Takahashi, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central Tokyo; Local low pressure system; Rainfall intensity; Surface temperature; Surface wind system

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ZONAL WIND;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; KANTO PLAIN; KASHIMA; SAGAMI BAY;

EID: 33847018383     PISSN: 13479555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj.80.70     Document Type: Article

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