The Impact of Orographically-Induced Gravity Waves on the Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall over Southeast Kalimantan Island

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-39

  Wu, Peiming ^a   Hamada, Jun Ichi ^a   Yamanaka, Manabu D ^a   Matsumoto, Jun ^a,b   Hara, Masayuki ^a,c  

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

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

diurnal cycle; gravity wave; Kalimantan (Borneo) Island; precipitable water; rainfall

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; GRAVITY WAVE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; TRMM;

BORNEO; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

EID: 79955769807     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2009.11446773     Document Type: Article

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