Sensitivity of moist convection forced by boundary layer processes to low-level thermodynamic fields

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1767-1785

  Crook, N Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0001028834     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1767:SOMCFB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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