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Convectively coupled gravity and moisture modes in a simple atmospheric model Cover

Convectively coupled gravity and moisture modes in a simple atmospheric model

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Volume 59 (2007): Issue 5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00268.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 627 - 640
Submitted on: Jan 8, 2007
Accepted on: Jun 18, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2007 David J. Raymond, Željka Fuchs, published by Stockholm University Press
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