Multi-scale features of the Meiyu-Baiu front and associated precipitation systems

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85 B, Issue , 2007, Pages 103-122

  Ninomiya, Kozo ^a   Shibagaki, Yoshiaki ^b  

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

^b OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; AIR MASS; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; MOISTURE FLUX; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 34848818802     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85B.103     Document Type: Article

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