Weather and death on Mount Everest an analysis of the into thin air strom

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-480

  Moore, G W K ^a   Semple, John L ^a  

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EID: 33846046098     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-4-465     Document Type: Review

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