Moisture budget in the tropics and the Walker circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D12, 1998, Pages 13713-13728

  Brahmananda Rao, V ^a   Chapa, S R ^a   Cavalcanti, I F A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; RAINFALL;

EID: 0032572407     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jd00943     Document Type: Article

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