Mexico City basin wind circulation during the MCMA - 2003 field campaign
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B. de Foy1, E. Caetano2, V. Magaña2, A. Zitácuaro2, B. Cárdenas3, A. Retama4, R. Ramos4, L. T. Molina1, and M. J. Molina1 1Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 2Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico 3General Direction of the National Center for Environmental Research and Training (CENICA), National Institute of Ecology (INE), Mexico 4Secretarı́a del Medio Ambiente, Gobierno del Distrito Federal, Mexico
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تاریخ انتشار 2005