Reconstruction of winter climate variations during the19th century in Japan

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1423-1434

  Hirano, Junpei ^a   Mikami, Takehiko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

19th century; Climate variations; Daily weather records; Japan; Weather patterns; Winter

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROJECTORS; RAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

19TH CENTURY; CLIMATE VARIATIONS; DAILY WEATHER RECORDS; JAPAN; WEATHER PATTERNS; WINTER;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AIR MASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD AIR; MONSOON; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; SNOW; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 53149099365     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1632     Document Type: Article

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