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Convection forced by a descending dry layer and low-level moist convergence Cover

Convection forced by a descending dry layer and low-level moist convergence

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Language: English
Page range: 250 - 263
Submitted on: Jun 25, 2008
Accepted on: Nov 12, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2009 Andrew Russell, Geraint Vaughan, Emily G. Norton, Hugo M. A. Ricketts, Cyril J. Morcrette, Tim J. Hewison, Keith. A. Browning, Alan M. Blyth, published by Stockholm University Press
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