Convective transport of mass and energy in severe storms over the United States—an estimate from a geostationary altitude

D. N. Sikdar; V. E. Suomi; C. E. Anderson

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v22i5.10247

Convective transport of mass and energy in severe storms over the United States—an estimate from a geostationary altitude

Tellus

Volume 22 (1970): Issue 5

By: D. N. Sikdar, V. E. Suomi and C. E. Anderson

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|Jan 1970

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v22i5.10247 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 521 - 532

Submitted on: Apr 11, 1969

Accepted on: May 5, 1970

Published on: Jan 1, 1970

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1970 D. N. Sikdar, V. E. Suomi, C. E. Anderson, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 22 (1970): Issue 5