Influence of the 6-9 day wave disturbances on temperature, vorticity and cloud cover over the tropical Atlantic during summer 1985

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Oubuih, Jamal ^a   De Felice, Pierre ^a   Viltard, Alain ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0033239704     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01030417     Document Type: Article

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