Climatological study on mesoscale extreme high temperature events in the inland of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Japan, during the past 22 years

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3926-3938

  Takane, Yuya ^a   Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^b   Kondo, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consecutive preceding clear sky days; Extreme high temperature; Foehn wind; Pressure pattern; Statistical analysis; Urban area

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLEAR SKY; FOEHN WINDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE PATTERNS; URBAN AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84914155816     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3951     Document Type: Article

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