The 1997 Pan American Climate Studies Tropical Eastern Pacific Process Study. Part I: ITCZ region

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 451-481

  Yuter, Sandra E ^a   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000725846     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0451:TPACST>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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