Long-term change and spatial anomaly of warm season afternoon precipitation in Tokyo

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 17-20

  Fujibe, Fumiaki ^a   Togawa, Hiroki ^b   Sakata, Masaaki ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 65449158064     PISSN: 13496476     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2009-005     Document Type: Article

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