The formation of sharp multi-layered wind structure over tokyo associated with sea-breeze circulation

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-4

  Tsunematsu, Nobumitsu ^a   Iwai, Hironori ^a   Murayama, Yasuhiro ^a   Yasui, Motoaki ^a   Mizutani, Kohei ^a  

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

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EID: 65449125426     PISSN: 13496476     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2009-001     Document Type: Article

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