Influence of summer monsoon diurnal cycle on moisture transport and precipitation over eastern China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3163-3177

  Chen, Guixing ^a   Sha, Weiming ^a   Sawada, Masahiro ^b   Iwasaki, Toshiki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

diurnal variation; moisture transport; monsoon diurnal cycle; precipitation; summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

LASERS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN;

DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MORNING RAINFALL; RADIOSONDE OBSERVATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; TIMESCALE; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA;

EID: 84878117356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50337     Document Type: Article

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