Geographical distribution of variance of intraseasonal variations in western Indochina as revealed from radar reflectivity data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5154-5161

  Yokoi, Satoru ^a   Satomura, Takehiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY BANDS; LANDFORMS; RADAR; REFLECTION;

COASTAL REGIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSES; CYCLONIC CIRCULATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; INDOCHINA PENINSULAS; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RE ANALYSES; TIME SCALES; TWO TYPES; WIND ANOMALIES; ZONAL WIND ANOMALIES;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL ZONE; CORRELATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NOISE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RADAR; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; ZONAL WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDOCHINA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 56349090997     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2153.1     Document Type: Article

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