Deep cloud clusters in the tropics

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-255

  Srinivasan, J ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOISTURE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

DEEP CLOUD CLUSTERS (DCC); MOIST STATIC ENERGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLOUDS;

EID: 0031130203     PISSN: 09704140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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