Dynamics of super cloud clusters, westerly wind bursts, 30–60 day oscilations and ENSO: An unified view

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 205-219

  Lau, K M ^a   Peng, Li ^b   Sui, C H ^c   Nakazawa, Tetsuo ^b,d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 0001062734     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.67.2_205     Document Type: Article

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