Use of precipitation data for diabatic initialization to improve the tropical analysis of divergence and moisture

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 143-156

  Kasahara, A ^a   Mizzi, A P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0030503871     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01029791     Document Type: Article

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