A role of zonal gradient of SST between the Indian ocean and the western Pacific in localized convection around the Philippines

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 176-179

  Ohba, Masamichi ^a   Ueda, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 58049101044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2006-045     Document Type: Article

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