Assimilation of nationwide and global GPS PWV data for a heavy rain event on 28 July 2008 in Hokuriku and Kinki, Japan

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-48

  Shoji, Yoshinori ^a   Kunii, Masaru ^a   Saito, Kazuo ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 65449143585     PISSN: 13496476     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2009-012     Document Type: Article

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