The large-scale part of tropical mesoscale convective system circulations: A linear vertical spectral band model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-54

  Mapes, Brian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0002718925     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.1_29     Document Type: Article

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