An investigation of a dramatic cold outbreak over southeast Australia

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 249-261

  Simmonds, Ian ^b   Rashid, Harun A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^b NONE

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