Climatology of line-shaped rainbands over northern Japan in boreal summer between 1990 and 2010

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-138

  Yamada, Tomohito J ^a   Sasaki, Jun ^a   Matsuoka, Naoki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heavy rainfall; La Ni a; Line shaped rainband; Pacific high pressure; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; LA NINA; MOISTURE FLUX; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; SURFACE PRESSURE; WESTERLY;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 84859749530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.373     Document Type: Article

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