Diurnal variation of tropical convection during TOGA COARE IOP

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 685-702

  Byon, Jae Young ^a   Lim, Gyu Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Large scale environment; Rainfall; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644453572     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02918712     Document Type: Article

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