A kinematic estimate of the large-scale motion fields over West Africa during the special observation period of WAMEX
By: O. O. Jegede and E. E. Balogun
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v43i2.11922 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 145 - 152
Submitted on: Oct 20, 1989
Accepted on: Jul 6, 1990
Published on: Jan 1, 1991
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1991 O. O. Jegede, E. E. Balogun, published by Stockholm University Press
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