Vorticity equation terms for extratropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2843-2858

  Grotjahn, Richard ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000101997     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2843:VETFEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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