Horizontal structure and seasonality of large-scale circulations associated with submonthly tropical convection

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1997-2013

  Kiladis, George N ^a   Weickmann, Klaus M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 4043178638     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1997:HSASOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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