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Numerical simulation of a mesoscale convective system over the east coast of South Africa

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00366.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 17 - 34
Submitted on: Oct 1, 2007
Accepted on: Aug 11, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2009 R. C. Blamey, C. J. C. Reason, published by Stockholm University Press
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