Synoptic and mesoscale rain producing systems in the humid tropics

Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics: Past, Present and Future Hydrological Research for Integrated Land and Water Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 194-266

  Bonell, M ^a   Callaghan, J ^b   Connor, G ^b  

^a UNESCO   (France)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535666.017     Document Type: Chapter

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