The diurnal march of convective cloudiness over the Americas

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3157-3171

  Garreaud, René D ^a   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0001098991     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<3157:TDMOCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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