The Pan-American climate studies sounding network

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1709-1725

  Douglas, Michael W ^a   Murillo, Javier ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RADIOSONDES; RAIN;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE RESEARCHES; CLIMATE STUDIES; CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOWS; EASTERN PACIFIC; ME-XICO; MULTINATIONAL NETWORKS; NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON SYSTEMS; PARAGUAY; PILOT BALLOON OBSERVATIONS; RAINFALL VARIABILITIES; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESEARCH FUNDING; WELL-COVERED; WIND PROFILES;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

EID: 60849136935     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2521.1     Document Type: Article

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