Vertical velocity characteristics of deep convection over Darwin, Australia

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 1056-1071

  May, Peter T ^a   Rajopadhyaya, Deepak K ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND MEASUREMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032716883     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1056:VVCODC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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