On summer atmospheric processes over south-west Asia

J. M. Walker

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v27i5.10175

On summer atmospheric processes over south-west Asia

Tellus

Volume 27 (1975): Issue 5

By: J. M. Walker

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|Jan 1975

Abstract

This paper considers subsidence in the upper and middle troposphere and convection in the lower troposphere over south-west Asia in relation to atmospheric circulations associated with the monsoon of southern Asia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v27i5.10175 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 491 - 496

Submitted on: Sep 16, 1974

Accepted on: Dec 12, 1974

Published on: Jan 1, 1975

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© 1975 J. M. Walker, published by Stockholm University Press
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