Morning precipitation peak over the strait of Malacca under a calm condition

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1474-1486

  Fujita, Mikiko ^a   Kimura, Fujio ^b   Yoshizaki, Masanori ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convection; Diurnal effects; Precipitation; Sea surface temperature; Wind effects

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; CONVECTION; DIURNAL CYCLE; FORMATION MECHANISM; MARITIME CONTINENT; MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STRAIT OF MALACCA; SUMATRA;

COASTAL ZONES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTFLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY PENINSULA; STRAIT OF MALACCA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 77955530050     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3068.1     Document Type: Article

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