A simple method of discriminating between occurrences of freezing rain and ice pellets in the Kanto Plain, Japan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 633-648

  Matsushita, Hiroki ^a   Nishio, Fumihiko ^b  

^a CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR COLD REGION   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; COLD AIR; FREEZING; MELTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SNOWMELT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KANTO PLAIN;

EID: 58049099648     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.633     Document Type: Article

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