Understanding hector: The dynamics of island thunderstorms

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1550-1563

  Crook, N A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

SURFACE FLUXES;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; THUNDERSTORM; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA; TIWI ISLANDS;

EID: 0035360147     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<1550:UHTDOI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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