Wind profiler observations of vertical motion and precipitation microphysics of a tropical squall line

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 621-633

  May, Peter T ^a   Rajopadhyaya, Deepak K ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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EID: 0001677169     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0621:WPOOVM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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