Rainforest-initiated wet season onset over the southern Amazon

Wright, Jonathon S.; Fu, Rong; Worden, John R.; Chakraborty, Sudip; Clinton, Nicholas E.; Risi, Camille; Sun, Ying; Yin, Lei

doi:10.1073/pnas.1621516114

Rainforest-initiated wet season onset over the southern Amazon

Journal Article · Thu Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1621516114· OSTI ID:1372130

Wright, Jonathon S.; Fu, Rong; Worden, John R.; Chakraborty, Sudip; Clinton, Nicholas E.; Risi, Camille; Sun, Ying; Yin, Lei

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