Double ITCZs

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D11, 2001, Pages 11785-11792

  Zhang, Chidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034928117     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900046     Document Type: Article

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