The Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX): Overview and some results

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2433-2455

  Keenan, T ^a,k   Rutledge, S ^b   Carbone, R ^c   Wilson, J ^c   Takahashi, T ^d   May, P ^a   Tapper, N ^e   Platt, M ^f   Hacker, J ^g   Sekelsky, S ^h   Moncrieff, M ^c   Saito, K ⁱ   Holland, G ^a   Crook, A ^c   Gage, K ^j  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d J F OBERLIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

ⁱ METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001250638     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2433:TMCTEM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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