Analysis of satellite-observed tropical cloud clusters: II. Thermal, moisture and precipitation
By: Eberhard Ruprecht and William M. Gray
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v28i5.11310 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 414 - 426
Submitted on: Jun 6, 1974
Accepted on: May 5, 1975
Published on: Jan 1, 1976
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1976 Eberhard Ruprecht, William M. Gray, published by Stockholm University Press
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