Multi-instrument ground-based observations of a travelling convection vortices event

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 162-181

  Luhr H ^a   Lockwood, M ^b   Sandholt, P E ^c   Hansen, T L ^d   Moretto, T ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

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EID: 0344779299     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-0162-z     Document Type: Article

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