Projections of future changes in precipitation and the vertical structure of the frontal zone during the Baiu season in the vicinity of Japan using a 5-km-mesh regional climate model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue A, 2012, Pages 65-86

  Kanada, Sachie ^a   Nakano, Masuo ^a   Kato, Teruyuki ^b  

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

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FRONT; GLOBAL WARMING; JET; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; UPDRAFT; VORTICITY; WATER VAPOR;

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EID: 84864211324     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-A03     Document Type: Article

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