Inter-annual and seasonal variations in the structure and energetics of the atmosphere over northeast Brazil
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v35i2.11427 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 136 - 148
Submitted on: Apr 5, 1982
Accepted on: Jul 13, 1982
Published on: Jan 1, 1983
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1983 Valdo Silva Marques, V. Brahmananda Rao, Lulz Carlos B. Molion, published by Stockholm University Press
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