The role of heat fluxes and moist static energy in tropical convergence zones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2089-2099

  Srinivasan, J ^a   Smith, G L ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0007331182     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2089:TROHFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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