Vertical motions of the tropical convective cloud spectrum over Darwin, Australia
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0035-9009,1477-870X
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2520