Kinematic structure of an Atlantic cloud cluster during GATE and its time variation
By: Dhirendra N. Sikdar and Steven J. Hentz
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v32i5.10599 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 439 - 455
Submitted on: Nov 20, 1979
Accepted on: Feb 18, 1980
Published on: Jan 1, 1980
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1980 Dhirendra N. Sikdar, Steven J. Hentz, published by Stockholm University Press
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