Spatial and diurnal variations of storm heights in the East Asia summer monsoon: storm height regimes and large-scale diurnal modulation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 745-763

  Park, Myung Sook ^a   Lee, Myong In ^a   Kim, Hyerim ^a   Im, Jungho ^a   Yoo, Jung Moon ^b  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Precipitation; Storm height; TRMM

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM; SUMMER; TRMM;

EAST CHINA SEA; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SOUTH SEA;

EID: 84957439720     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2610-5     Document Type: Article

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