Fine structure of vertical motion in the stratiform precipitation region observed by a VHF Doppler radar installed in Sumatra, Indonesia

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 522-537

  Nishi, Noriyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Masayuki K ^a   Shimomai, Toyoshi ^b   Hamada, Atsushi ^a   Fukao, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; INDONESIA; TROPOSPHERE;

STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION REGION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DOPPLER RADAR; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 34249108867     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2480.1     Document Type: Article

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