Diurnal variation of precipitation over southeastern China: 2. Impact of the diurnal monsoon variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Guixing ^a   Sha, Weiming ^a   Iwasaki, Toshiki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; DATA SETS; DIURNAL VARIATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW INFLUENCE; FRONTAL ZONES; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MESOSCALE; MORNING RAINFALL; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL SCALE; SATELLITE RAINFALL DATA; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; TIME-SCALES; WESTERN REGION;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; DIURNAL VARIATION; FRONTAL FEATURE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

DASHEEN MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 72049098173     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012181     Document Type: Article

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