Observation of a quasi-2-day wave during TOGA COARE

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1892-1913

  Takayabu, Yukari N ^a   Lau, K M ^b   Sui, C H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0041088731     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1892:OOAQDW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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