Gravity-wave dynamics of the hierarchical structure of super cloud clusters

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-331

  Numaguti, Atusi ^a,c   Hayashi, Yoshikazu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0041029531     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.78.4_301     Document Type: Article

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