Mesoscale Aspects of the Australian Monsoon

Global Monsoon System, The: Research and Forecast, 2nd Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 223-237

  May, Peter ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1142/9789814343411_0013     Document Type: Chapter

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