Precipitation and Mesoscale Convective Systems: Explicit versus Parameterized Convection over Northern Africa
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عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Weather Review
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0027-0644,1520-0493
DOI: 10.1175/mwr-d-17-0202.1