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Convective Activity and Moisture Variation During Field Experiment MISMO in the Equatorial Indian Ocean
Kunio Yoneyama* and Yukari N. Takayabu**,*
*Institute of Observational Research for Global Change (IORGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
**Center for Climate System Research, the University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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