Long-term changes of heavy precipitation and dry weather in Japan (1901-2004)

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1033-1046

  Fujibe, Fumiaki ^a   Yamazaki, Nobuo ^a,b   Kobayashi, Kenji ^c  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33847677188     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84.1033     Document Type: Article

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