Diurnal variation of precipitation around western Japan during the warm season

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-77

  Kanada, Sachie ^a,b   Tsuguti, Hiroshige ^b   Kato, Teruyuki ^b   Fujibe, Fumiaki ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84920661087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2014-015     Document Type: Article

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