Intra-seasonal variability of rainfall and atmospheric energetics over northeast Brazil during the rainy season of 1979
By: Dhirendra N. Sikdar and James B. Elsner
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v39i1.11739 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 49 - 60
Submitted on: Sep 16, 1985
Accepted on: Mar 18, 1986
Published on: Jan 1, 1987
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1987 Dhirendra N. Sikdar, James B. Elsner, published by Stockholm University Press
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