The impact of ocean surface fluxes on a TOGA COARE convective system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2753-2763

  Wang, Yansen ^a,b   Tao, Wei Kuo ^b   Simpson, Joanne ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 6944231149     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2753:TIOOSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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