Temporal evolution and spatial structure of the local easterly wind "Kiyokawa-dashi" in Japan part I: Coherent Doppler lidar observations

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 797-813

  Ishii, Shoken ^a   Sasaki, Kaori ^b   Mizutani, Kohei ^a   Aoki, Tetsuo ^a   Itabe, Toshikazu ^a   Kanno, Hiromitsu ^b   Matsushima, Dai ^c,d   Sha, Weiming ^c   Noda, Akira T ^c,e   Sawada, Masahiro ^c   Ujiie, Masashi ^c,f   Matsuura, Yosuke ^c,g   Iwasaki, Toshiki ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

^f JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^g Hachinohe City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER LIDAR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WEATHER STATION; WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 39849107054     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85.797     Document Type: Article

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