Equatorial atmospheric waves and their association to convection

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1167-1184

  Pires, P ^a   Redelsperger, J L ^a   Lafore, J P ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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EID: 0000276171     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1167:EAWATA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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