Some effects of the moisture distribution in the subcloud layer on the thermal structure of a mature severe thunderstorm

Y. J. Lin; H. J. Hwang

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v26i5.9860

Some effects of the moisture distribution in the subcloud layer on the thermal structure of a mature severe thunderstorm

Tellus

Volume 26 (1974): Issue 5

By: Y. J. Lin and H. J. Hwang

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|Jan 1974

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