A re-examination of the synoptic and mesoscale meteorology of Ash Wednesday 1983

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-55

  Mills, Graham A ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

VICTORIA;

EID: 20644448604     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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