Intraseasonal variability in diurnal rainfall over New Guinea and the surrounding oceans during austral summer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2852-2868

  Ichikawa, Hiroki ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; MODULATION; RAIN GAGES; SPACE PLATFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; DIURNAL CYCLING; DIURNAL RAINFALL; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; MOUNTAIN RANGES; PHASE SPEEDS; RAINFALL DATA; SPACE STRUCTURES; STRIKING FEATURES; SYSTEMATIC MODULATION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION; WIND COMPONENTS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EASTERLY WAVE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 48749096234     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1784.1     Document Type: Article

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