CIMAR-5: A snapshot of the lower troposphere over the subtropical Southeast Pacific

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2193-2207

  Garreaud, René D ^a   Rutllant, José ^a   Quintana, Juan ^b   Carrasco, Jorge ^b   Minnis, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Direccion Meteorologica de Chile   (Chile)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001663862     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<2193:CASOTL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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