Moist Dynamics of Tropical Convection Zones in Monsoons, Teleconnections, and Global Warming

The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 267-301

  Neelin, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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