Cumulus cloud formation above the Agulhas Current

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 351-354

  Lee Thorp, A M ^a   Rouault, M ^a   Lutjeharms, J R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLOUD; CUMULUS; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE TRANSFER;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0031769495     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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