A study of land-atmosphere interactions during summertime rainfall using a mesoscale model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Barros, Ana P ^a   Hwu, Wenje ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land atmosphere interactions; Limit cycles; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448950884     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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