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Reinterpretation of cloud-topped mixed-layer entrainment closure Cover

Reinterpretation of cloud-topped mixed-layer entrainment closure

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|Jan 1987

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Language: English
Page range: 215 - 225
Submitted on: Jun 3, 1986
Accepted on: Nov 5, 1986
Published on: Jan 1, 1987
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1987 Howard P. Hanson, published by Stockholm University Press
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