The weather and climate of the tropics part 4 - Forecasting significant cloud and associated weather

Weather

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Galvin, Jim F P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 54949114714     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.125     Document Type: Article

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