Convective cloud downdrafts as the cause of large blowdowns in the Amazon rainforest

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 199-212

  Garstang, M ^a,d   White, S ^a,b,d   Shugart, H H ^a,d   Halverson, J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Environmental Company Inc   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SIMPSON WEATHER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

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EID: 0032348881     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01277510     Document Type: Article

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