Energy exchanges for Mediterranean weather systems

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-23

  Wahab, M Abdel ^a   Basset, H Abdel ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

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EID: 0034340730     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007030050060     Document Type: Article

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