Thermodynamic structure of the maritime troposphere around the Australian continent

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 633-650

  Boers, R ^a   Prata, A J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian region; Precipitable water; Rossby diagram; Skew T diagram; Thermodynamic diagrams

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC LAPSE; CONVECTION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE STRUCTURE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030431544     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199606)16:6<633::AID-JOC31>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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