Orographic Precipitation in the Tropics: The Dominica Experiment
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Orographic Precipitation in the Tropics
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; KirShbaum—Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Warren—Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; lareau—Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Palany—Météo-France, Martinique; JameS—Forestry ...
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