The weather and climate of the tropics: Part 8 - Mesoscale weather systems

Weather

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 32-38

  Galvin, Jim F P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EASTERLY WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHER;

EID: 66149123051     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.229     Document Type: Article

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