Distribution and statistics of african mesoscale convective weather systems based on the ISCCP meteosat imagery

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2821-2837

  Hodges, K I ^a   Thorncroft, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000628769     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2821:DASOAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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