Planetary-scale Coherent Structures of Tropical Moist Convection

Australian Journal of Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 865-874

  Yano, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0348232106     PISSN: 00049506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/P97078     Document Type: Article

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