Influences of large-scale atmospheric circulation and local sea surface temperature on convective activity over the sea of Japan in December

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-116

  Takano, Yohei ^a,d   Tachibana, Yoshihiro ^b,c   Iwamoto, Katsushi ^d  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

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EID: 67449128499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2008-029     Document Type: Article

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