The natural variability of precipitating clouds over the western pacific warm pool

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 545, 1998, Pages 53-99

  Yuter, Sandra E ^a   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne observations; Rainfall; TOGA COARE; Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001828006     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54503     Document Type: Article

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