Cloud and water vapour motion vectors in tropical cyclone track forecasting - A review

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 141-151

  Le Marshall, John ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 0041171431     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01030784     Document Type: Article

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