The generation of the morning glory

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1360-1376

  Goler, Robert A ^a   Reeder, Michael J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

CLUOD MODELS; SEA BREEZE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA BREEZE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 3242678067     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1360:TGOTMG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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