The diurnal cycle of convection over the Northern South China Sea

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 919-934

  Aves, Steven L ^a   Johnson, Richard H ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; RADAR; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 65749108497     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.919     Document Type: Article

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